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Arecaceae

Lent coconut

Syagrus picrophylla Barb.Rodr.

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Syagrus

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Lent coconut: Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Syagrus picrophylla Barb. Rodr., Babao (Brazil), Catole (Brazil), Coco Babao (Brazil),
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
东巴夏克棕, 苦叶女王椰子
English
Lent coconut
Portuguese
Coco-de-quaresma

Synonyms

  • Cocos catechucarpa Barb.Rodr.
  • Cocos picrophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Cocos picrophylla Rodr.
  • Syagrus catechucarpa (Barb.Rodr.) Becc.

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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.