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Ceroxylon echinulatum
Galeano
Original
reference:
Caldasia 17: 399 (1995)
Morphology:
Canopy palm. Stem solitary, 10-25 m tall, 20-30 cm in diameter, usually grey, more rarely white with black leaf scars. Leaves to 4.5 m long; pinnae 75-90 on each side, regularly inserted in one plane, pendulous, the central ones 85-105 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, below with a thick, white to light brown, waxy tomentum. Inflorescences erect to arching, curved in fruit, to 250 cm long, branched 3 times. Fruit globose, 1-2 cm in diameter, finely warty, green, turning orange-red at maturity.
Distribution:
Premontane and lower montane forest on the E slopes of the Andes in Ecuador. Endemic.
Conservation
status: Vulnerable
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IUCN criteria:
A1c, B1, B2c
(Borchsenius & Skov 1999)
Common
names:
Palma de Ramo
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Spanish
(H. Balslev #62488).
Pumbo
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Spanish
(A. Barfod #60173).
Uses:
The basal part of the peduncle of young inflorescences is edible, cooked and mixed with other vegetables
(A. Barfod #60173).
The leaves are used for weaving ceremonial baskets used during the easter time
(H. Balslev #62488).
The seeds are eaten by pigs, and palms are left and protected in pasture so that the pigs can feed on the fruits when they fall
(H. Balslev #62488).
The stem is used for fence poles
(H. Balslev #62488).
The wax covering on the stem is scraped off and used for candles
(J.A. Steyermark #54130).
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Habit of Ceroxylon echinulatum
Photo:
H. Balslev
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