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.
Parajubaea is named after King Juba II.
Species
The genus Parajubaea contains the following species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Parajubaea cocoides Burret
mountain coconut, coco cumbe or Quito palm
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Parajubaea sunkha M.Moraes
Sunkha palm and palma de Zunkha
Bolivia
Parajubaea torallyi (Mart.) Burret
palma de Pasobaya or Bolivian mountain coconut
Bolivia
