Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm), is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cohune Palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Attalea butyracea
- Attalea guacuyule
- Attalea dubia
- Attalea speciosa
- Arenga pinnata
- Phytelephas aequatorialis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Attalea
- Species
- Attalea cohune
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