Parajubaea torallyi Burret

A palm. It grows about 14 m high. The crown is graceful with arching fronds. The fronds are 4.5-5 m long. The fruit is greyish-green and broadly oval. It is smooth and about 5 cm long. It has a sweet yellow kernel. The kernel is edible. This kernel has 3 prominent ridges.

A tropical plant. It grows naturally in dry temperate forest from 1800 to 2700 m altitude. The climate is cool with some frosts. It grows naturally in Bolivia at high altitudes in arid areas and sandstone valleys. In Hobart Botanical Gardens.

The kernel is eaten. The nuts are chewed for the sweet oil and the remainder spat out. They can also be pressed for edible oil. The palm heart can be eaten.

Plants are grown from seed. Seed are slow to germinate. Planting them shallowly then covering with sphagnum moss probably helps. To get seeds to germinate people have tried filing, cracking etc.