The wax palm leaves can also be used in rustic roof making.

One threat this species faces is the loss of the vulnerable wax palm.

Its main source of food are the fruits of the wax palm.

It is forbidden to cut down the Quindio wax palm tree.

It also occurred very locally in northern Ecuador where wax palm grows.

On the lower slopes and in the valleys the Andean wax palms are dominant.

Some conservation programs are helping the situation to educate churches to use other resources besides the vulnerable wax palm.

Wax palm can refer to several species of palms:

There, she looked for the wax palm, cinchona, and herbs that bind to the soil.

"People had never heard of sealing wax palms or old man palms.

The yellow-eared parrot uses the wax palm for nesting and roosting.

Collection includes papyrus and red sealing wax palms.

The wax palm, Colombia's national tree, is the tallest palm in the world, reaching heights of 70 meters.

Ancient peoples in South America used wax palm for making candles by scraping away wax on the leaves.

Also known as the Quindío wax, the wax palm is the tallest palm tree in the world.

Parrots and what locals called yellow-eared sparrows fly past the odd, 200-foot wax palms that are native to these Andean mountains.

However, humans especially in Colombia are removing the vulnerable wax palm from the wild for Palm Sunday.

The valley is the location of the majority of the remaining populations of the wax palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense).

The Quindio wax palm tree was nearly driven to extinction by the extraction of the resinous substance that it exudes.

Wax palms provide habitats for many unique life forms, including endangered species such as the yellow-eared parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis).

The species with the scientific name ceroxylon quindiuense and commonly known as the wax palm is declared to be the national tree and symbol of Colombia.

They loved the sealing wax palm, Cyrtostachys renda, using its bright red stems to make its namesake wax for their letters.

Pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius) and the sealing wax palm (Cyrtostachys lakka) are common understory plants.

Over 200 orchids and nationally threatened species such as the Colombian Pine, Andean Oak, Wax palm tree are found in the park.

Colombia - Quindio Wax Palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense)