P13 Jubaea chilensis (Chilean Wine Palm)

Young Chilean Wine Palm

Also known as: Chile cocopalm, Palma chilena, Lilla, Palma de coquitos, Palma de miel
Native to: Central Chile
Trunk: This gray trunk can reach 4-6 feet in diameter
Growth: Slow
Water requirements: Medium (winter), Low (summer)
Fruit: Fruits look like tiny coconuts, "Coquitos", or by the 1915 trade "monkey's coconuts".
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Cocoeae

Chilean Wine Palm at Shinn Park,
planted in 1878

Coquito,
collected September 6, 2015

Learn more about Jubaea chilensis:

Palmpedia has pictures of the palm in Chile.
Wikipedia
SelecTree
San Marcos Growers
Etymology: after Juba, king of Numidia.
Suggested field trip: to see (possibly) the largest Chilean wine palms in the state at Shinn Park. Shinn Park is just across Alameda Creek from the old California Nursery grounds. This youtube video will tell you about the Shinn palms. They are huge! They were planted around 1878.

Note the shells and coconut meat.