Attalea cohune

Attalea cohune
Cohune Palm

A fabulous large palm native to southern Mexico and Central America, where it grows in a variety of habitats. It is a stunning ornamental with a columnar, smooth gray trunk and a dense shuttlecock crown of stiffly ascending, deep green, flat leaves with arching tips. It does well in tropical and frost free subtropical/warm temperate areas. In a garden or park it needs room to develop. Its high yield of quality palm kernel oil could be of some economic interest.

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Palms of Southern Asia (Princeton Field Guides)
by Andrew Henderson

Hardcover - 264 pages
Covers all 352 naturally occurring palms in Southern Asia!

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Suitable for: all

The only complete field guide to the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each species account includes the correct scientific and common names, and fully describes morphology, habitat, and uses. Featuring a distribution map for most species and 256 full-color photographs. A book of major importance for botanists and an invaluable aid for naturalists and conservationists, and it's the perfect field guide for ecotourists traveling in the region

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