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Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart.; cocoyol, coyol; Mexican wine palm

Arborescent palm; leaves pinnate essentially spiny throughout; inflorescence covered by a spathe-like bract; fruits edible. (Image to left photographed at CICY.)

Additional images:

• habit (photographed west of Calotmul)
• leaf (from seedling)
• spines on leaf sheath (photographed at CICY)
• trunk and canopy
• leaf crown in forest canopy (from below)

Listed as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981).