Arecaceae
Wax palm
Ceroxylon quindiuense
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Ceroxylon
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 哥伦比亚蜡椰
- English
- Wax palm, Quindio wax palm
- French
- Palmier à cire du Quindío
- German
- Quindiu-Wachspalme
- Japanese
- キンディオワックスヤシ
- Spanish
- Palma de cera, Palma de cera del quindio, Palma de cera del Quindío
Synonyms
- Ceroxylon floccosum Burret
- Klopstockia quindiuensis H.Karst.
Flowers
- In flower
- July, September, November to December (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: prodewald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Daniel van der Post, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ángela Quintero, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diegotorquemada, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.