Arecaceae
Coyol palm
Acrocomia aculeata
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Acrocomia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 格魯椰, 格魯椰子, 格鲁椰子, 刺茎椰子
- Czech
- Akrokomie mexická
- Dutch
- Coyolpalm
- English
- Coyol palm, Grugru palm, Macaw palm, Macauba palm, Macaúba palm, Mucuja palm, Paraguay palm, Ruffle palm
- German
- Macauba-Palme
- Guarani
- Mokaje
- Haitian Creole
- Kòwòs
- Portuguese
- Coco-de-espinho, Coco-baboso
- Spanish
- Coco del Paraguay, Coco paraguayo, Cocotero Paraguayo, Gru gru, Grugru, Mbocaya, Mbocayá, Nuez del Paraguay
Synonyms
- Acrocomia antiguana L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia antioquiensis Posada-Ar.
- Acrocomia belizensis L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia christopherensis L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia chunta Covas & Ragonese
- Acrocomia cubensis Lodd. ex H.Wendl.
- Acrocomia erioacantha Barb.Rodr.
- Acrocomia fusiformis (Sw.) Sweet
- Acrocomia glaucophylla Drude
- Acrocomia globosa (Gaertn.) Lodd. ex Mart.
- Acrocomia grenadana L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia guianensis Lodd. ex G.Don
- Acrocomia horrida Lodd. ex Mart.
- Acrocomia hospes L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia ierensis L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia karukerana L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia lasiospatha Mart.
- Acrocomia media O.F.Cook
- Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart.
- Acrocomia microcarpa Barb.Rodr.
- Acrocomia minor Lodd. ex G.Don
- Acrocomia mokayayba Barb.Rodr.
- Acrocomia odorata Barb.Rodr.
- Acrocomia panamensis L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia pilosa León
- Acrocomia quisqueyana L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart.
- Acrocomia sclerocarpa var. wallaceana Drude
- Acrocomia sphaerocarpa Desf.
- Acrocomia spinosa (Mill.) H.E.Moore
- Acrocomia subinermis León ex L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia tenuifrons Lodd. ex Mart.
- Acrocomia ulei Dammer
- Acrocomia viegasii L.H.Bailey
- Acrocomia vinifera Oerst.
- Acrocomia wallaceana (Drude) Becc.
- Acrocomia zapotecis Karw. ex H.Wendl.
- Astrocaryum sclerocarpum H.Wendl.
- Bactris globosa Gaertn.
- Bactris minor Gaertn.
and 5 more.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.