Parajubaea cocoides

Mountain Coconut
or Quito palm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Parajubaea
Species: P. cocoides
Binomial name
Parajubaea cocoides

Parajubaea cocoides, the Mountain Coconut, Coco Cumbe or Quito palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, and a coconut palm.

It occurs in Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia.

It may be a cultivated variant of Parajubaea torallyi.

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