Arecaceae

Wax palm

Ceroxylon alpinum Bonpl. ex DC.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ceroxylon

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Wax palm: Ceroxylon alpinum — Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: نخلة الشمع
Chinese: 南美蜡棕, 南美蜡椰
Czech: Voskoň andská
English: Wax palm, Andean wax palm
Finnish: Kolumbianvahapalmu
Georgian: Ანდების ცვილის პალმა
Portuguese: Palmeira-da-cera

Synonyms

Ceroxylon alpinum subsp. alpinum
Ceroxylon andicola Bonpl.
Ceroxylon andicola var. occidentale R.B.White ex Fawc.
Ceroxylon ferrugineum Regel
Ceroxylon ferrugineum Devansaye
Iriartea andicola (Bonpl.) Spreng.

Photos

Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.