Coco cumbe (Parajubaea cocoides)
Description
Palms up to 16 m tall, trunk up to 45 cm in diameter. Leaves 3-4 m long, dark green above, grayish green beneath, with 60-70 pairs of segments or pinnae, the longest pinnae in the middle up to 70 cm long. Inflorescence 1-2 m long, with 50-70 short branches. Fruit ellipsoid, 4-5.5 cm long, 2.8-4 cm in diameter, greenish brown.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Arecales
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Family: Arecaceae
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Genus: Parajubaea
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