Arecaceae
Carnauba wax palm
Copernicia prunifera
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Copernicia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- كوبرنيكية شمعية, نخلة الشمع, الكوبرنيكية
- arz
- كوبرنيكيه شمعيه
- Basque
- Karnauba
- Catalan
- Carnauba
- Chinese
- 巴西棕櫚樹, 巴西蜡棕, 桃果蜡棕
- Czech
- Kopernicie voskonosná
- Danish
- Carnaubavoks-Palme
- English
- Carnauba wax palm, Carnauba palm, Caranda palm, Caranday palm, Christ's thorn
- Finnish
- Karnaubapalmu
- Georgian
- Ბრაზილიური ცვილის პალმა
- German
- Carnaubapalme
- Hungarian
- Karnaubapálma
- Japanese
- ブラジルロウヤシ
- Lithuanian
- Vaškinė kopernicija
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Karnaubapalme
- Persian
- نخل برزیلی
- Polish
- Kopernikówka woskodajna
- Portuguese
- Carnaúba, Bagana, Carnaubal, Carnaubeira
- Slovenian
- Carnauba
- Spanish
- Carnauba, Carnaubeira, Cera carnauba
- Swedish
- Vaxpalm, Karnaubapalm
Synonyms
- Arrudaria cerifera (Arruda) Macedo
- Copernicia cerifera (Arruda) Mart.
- Corypha cerifera Arruda
- Palma prunifera Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to December (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Emma Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Whaldener Endo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tacarijus, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Whaldener Endo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pescov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabricio Carvalho da Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.