''Prestoea'' is a

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of palms native to the Caribbean,

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and

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. Its range extends from

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and the

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in the north to

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and

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Prestoea acuminata ''Prestoea acuminata'' is a species of palm tree native to Central America, the West Indies and South America. It was formerly widely harvested in Ecuador for palmito Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing ...

'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama), West Indies, northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) * '' Prestoea carderi'' (W.Bull) Hook.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru * '' Prestoea decurrens'' H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador * '' Prestoea ensiformis'' (Ruiz & Pav.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador * '' Prestoea longipetiolata'' (Oerst.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela * '' Prestoea montana'' ( Graham)

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; (Willd.) H.E. Moore - Greater and Lesser Antilles * '' Prestoea pubens'' H.E.Moore - Panama, Colombia * '' Prestoea pubigera'' (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Hook.f. - Venezuela, Trinidad * '' Prestoea schultzeana'' (Burret) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. Peru, Brazil * '' Prestoea simplicifolia'' Galeano - Antioquia region of Colombia * '' Prestoea tenuiramosa'' (Dammer) H.E.Moore - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

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