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Mauritiella armata
(Mart.) Burret
Original
reference:
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 611 (1935)
Basionym:
Mauritia armata Mart.
Morphology:
Canopy or subcanopy palm. Stems clustered, to 20 m tall, and 15-25 cm in diameter, at least on the lower part armed with short conical root spines. Leaves split into ca. 20 one-ribbed segments, these below with a black, web-like indument. Fruits ca. 3 cm long, covered with reddish brown scales.
Distribution:
Widespread in the Amazon region and adjacent areas, from Venezuela to Bolivia, usually at low elevations. In Ecuador it occurs here and there along black water streams and lakes.
Common
names:
Caraña
-
Quichua
(Orr & Wrisley 1981).
Garaña
-
(Gonzalez et al. 1985).
Kan-tine-é
-
Siona
(H. Balslev #62056).
Kãti ne´e
-
Secoya
(Vickers & Plowman 1984).
Moretillo
-
Spanish
(H. Balslev #4346).
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