Chilean Wine Palm - Jubaea chilensis

Chilean Wine Palm
a.k.a. Coquito Palm
Jubaea chilensis
Sunset Zones: 5-24
USDA: 8+

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Huge palm tree featuring sap that is rich in sugars and used to make wine. Also bears orange fruits, sometimes known as coquitos, which look and taste like mini coconuts.

Uses

The sugar-rich sap is used to make a type of honey and is fermented to make a type of wine. The seeds can be eaten much like coconuts.

Plant Cultivation

Description: Large palm tree that can grow to 80ft, with a trunk several feet wide.
Growing Environment: Grows well in full-sun. It is best adapted to Mediterranean or subtropical-like climates, and does not fare as well in hot, dry/desert climates. It has a large root system, and when established can survive long droughts.
Hardiness: Hardy to 5F.
Propagation: By seed.

Origin and Distribution

Native Range: Native to coastal regions of Chile.
Local Adaptation: This species grows quite well, with little care necessary throughout much of California, Florida, the southern United States, Europe as far north as southern Britain, and similar Mediterranean climate areas.

Related Species

Family: Arecaceae
Areca catechu	Betel Nut
Brahea armata	Mexican Blue Palm
Brahea edulis	Guadalupe Palm
Butia capitata	Jelly Palm
Butia eriospatha	Wooly Jelly Palm
Caryota urens	Wine Palm
Cocos nucifera	Coconut
Crtostachys renda	Red Sealing Wax Palm
Jubaea chilensis	Chilean Wine Palm
Lodoicea maldivica	Coco de Mer
Syagrus romanzoffianum	Queen Palm

	Uses
The sugar-rich sap is used to make a type of honey and is fermented to make a type of wine. The seeds can be eaten much like coconuts.

	Plant Cultivation
Description: Large palm tree that can grow to 80ft, with a trunk several feet wide. Growing Environment: Grows well in full-sun. It is best adapted to Mediterranean or subtropical-like climates, and does not fare as well in hot, dry/desert climates. It has a large root system, and when established can survive long droughts. Hardiness: Hardy to 5F. Propagation: By seed.

	Origin and Distribution
Native Range: Native to coastal regions of Chile. Local Adaptation: This species grows quite well, with little care necessary throughout much of California, Florida, the southern United States, Europe as far north as southern Britain, and similar Mediterranean climate areas.