Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm),Cohune palm at Floridata is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil and its nut can be used as a variety of vegetable ivory.
Example occurrences A chief occurrence as a dominant plant is in the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Belizean pine forests. ed. M. McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC
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