Butia eriospatha, Cocos eriospatha

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A large Butia with a thick trunk. Leaves tend to be generally much greener than Butia capitata. Fruit and seed is round, flowers and fruits range from red to yellow in color. The fruit is delicious to eat when ripe.

Similar plants:

• Butia capitata, Cocos capitata, Butia pulposa, Syagrus capitata (Pindo, Jelly Palm)
• Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm, Coco-do-baia)
• Lytocaryum weddellianum, Cocos weddelliana, Syagrus weddelliana (Miniature Coconut Palm, Weddell's Palm)
• Syagrus coronata, Cocos coronata (Licury Palm, Ouricury Palm)
• Syagrus romanzoffiana, Syagrus romanzoffianum, Arecastrum romanzzoffianum, Cocos australis, Cocos plumosa (Queen Palm)
• Syagrus schizophylla, Cocos schizophylla, Arikuryroba schizophylla (Arikury Palm)