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Ceroxylon alpinum (wax palm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ceroxylon alpinum is a species of palm tree native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ceroxylon alpinum

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ceroxylon alpinum

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  A wax obtained from the trunk is used for making candles;
Height [2]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Fruit Color [1]  Red
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Predators

Ognorhynchus icterotis (Yellow-eared Parrot)[3]
Penelope perspicax (Cauca Guan)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4DIET OF THE CAUCA GUAN: EXPLOITATION OF A NOVEL FOOD SOURCE IN TIMES OF SCARCITY, MARCIA C. MUÑOZ, GUSTAVO A. LONDOÑO, MARGARITA M. RIOS, and GUSTAVO H. KATTAN, The Condor 109:841–851 (2007)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0