Chilean Wine Palm (Jubaea chilensis)

The Chilean Wine Palm is a hardy, slow growing palm with pinnate leaves and a thick, smooth, grey trunk. This species was once the largest individual specimen of indoor plant, until the 82' tall plant outgrew its home in the glass house of London's famous Royal Botanical Kew Garden. The Chilean Wine Palm is notoriously slow growing, producing over 50 leaves for each foot of trunk growth. Mature plants produces small coconuts, called coquitos, which are commonly sold on the streets in Santiago, Chile.