Quindio Wax Palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense)

Quindio Wax Palm, a reference photo — Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Ceroxylon quindiuense, often called Quindío wax palm, is a palm native to the humid montane forests of the Andes in Colombia and Peru.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Quindio Wax 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

Ceroxylon echinulatum
Ceroxylon sasaimae
Roystonea oleracea
Euterpe oleracea
Euterpe precatoria

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ceroxylon
Species: Ceroxylon quindiuense

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