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pacaya palm (Chamaedorea tepejilote)

Chamaedorea tepejilote is a slender palm from Mexico and Central America. Its edible flower stalks, pacaya, are a popular regional food. Also cultivated ornamentally.

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Synonyms
Chamaedorea anomospadix Burret
Chamaedorea casperiana Klotzsch
Chamaedorea columbica Burret
Chamaedorea exorrhiza Dammer
Chamaedorea sphaerocarpa Burret
Chamaedorea wendlandiana (Oerst.) Hemsl.
Nunnezharia casperiana (Klotzsch) Kuntze
Nunnezharia tepejilote (Liebm.) Kuntze
Nunnezharia wendlandiana (Oerst.) Kuntze
Stephanostachys casperiana (Klotzsch) Oerst.
Stephanostachys tepejilote (Liebm.) Oerst.
Stephanostachys wendlandiana Oerst.
Taxonomy
  • kingdomPlantae
  • divisionTracheophyta
  • classLiliopsida
  • orderArecales
  • familyArecaceae
  • genusChamaedorea
  • speciesChamaedorea tepejilote