Cohune Palm | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Cocoseae |
Subtribe: | Attaleinae |
Genus: | Attalea |
Species: | A. cohune |
Binomial name | |
Attalea cohune Mart. |
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.
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil.
A chief occurrence as a dominant plant is in the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.