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- Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
- Spanish Name
- Coyol
- Common Name
- Grugru palm
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Grows up to 10m tall in grasslands and forest edges.
- The apical bud is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable
- The sap that collects in the cavity from which the apical bud was harvested is allowed to ferment.
- The pulp of the fruits could be also fermented adding raw sugar.
- Cooking oil can be extracted from the nut.
- An external thin layer of the trunk its hard and is use for furniture
and handcraft.
PROPAGATION: Seed
Written by neighbors in the community guide. Last edited May 28, 2025.Open in Notion