Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.
Species in this genus are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Parajubaea is named after King Juba II.
Species The genus Parajubaea contains the following species: Image Scientific name Common name DistributionParajubaea cocoides Burretmountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm Colombia, Ecuador, PeruParajubaea sunkha M.MoraesSunkha palm and palma de Zunkha BoliviaParajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut Bolivia
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