Orbignya cohune
Corozo palma

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An oil palm, usually growing wild, bearing fairly large thick shelled large fruit containing one or more kernels. The palms are up to 20 m (though the palms featured in this painting are juvenile)and the fruits grow in bunches measuring about 1 m in length and weighing 20-25 kg. Corozo palm nuts are harvested for industrial use in soap and for use as animal feed.

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