Common Name
Royal palm
Family
ARECACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Corozo, Palma real
- The apical bud is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. Eating this bud effectively kills the stem since the plant is unable to produce side shoots.
- The sap that collects in the cavity from which the apical bud was harvested is allowed to ferment with panela or crude brown sugar to form a ¨ Chicha ¨
- The scant flesh of the fruits and nuts are eaten
- An oil is extracted by pressure from the seed
- The leaves are commonly use for thatch PROPAGATION: Seeds