Copernicia baileyana

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Cbaileyana.JPG

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Verdecia Pérez, R.M. |author2= Hernández, M. |author3= González-Oliva, L. |date=2025 |title= Copernicia baileyana |volume=2025 |page= e.T38486A248275988 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T38486A248275988.es |access-date=June 19, 2025}}

|genus = Copernicia

|species = baileyana

|authority = León

|synonyms = {{species list |Copernicia baileyana f. bifida |León

|Copernicia baileyana var. laciniosa |León}}

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Copernicia baileyana is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666231-1 |title= Copernicia baileyana León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 19, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/Y3KK |title= Copernicia baileyana León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 19, 2025}} It is sometimes referred to by the common name yarey{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |author2=Gloria Galeano |author2-link=Gloria Galeano |author3=Rodrigo Bernal |author3-link=Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 }} and it is endemic to eastern and central Cuba.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46678&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46678&status=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802160445/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46678&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46678&status=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=Copernicia baileyana |accessdate=2006-12-08 |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }} Like other members of this genus, C. baileyana is a fan palm. Trees are 10 to 20 metres tall with stems 40 (to 60) centimetres in diameter and are sometimes swollen. The fruit is black, 1.8 to 2.3 centimetres long and 1.8 to 2 cm in diameter.

The leaves are used for weaving hats, baskets and other items. They are also used for thatch.