Attalea maripa

Attalea maripa
(Aubl.) Mart.

Original
reference:
In A.D. d’Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3) 123 (1844)

Morphology:
Canopy palm. Stem solitary, to 20 m tall and 35 cm in files; pinnae 230-260 on each side, arranged in groups of 2-6, pendulous in several planes and giving the leaf a weakly bushy appearance, the central ones 130-150 cm long and 6-8 cm wide, with prominent cross veins. Inflorescences curved to pendulous, 150-200 cm long; branches 700-800, to 25 cm long. Male flowers cream coloured, with inconspicuous perianth and 6 stiff, needle-like stamens, 6-8 mm long. Female flowers ca. 20 mm long. Fruit orange with a brown indument, ca. 5 cm long, with 1-3 seeds.

Distribution:
Widespread in lowland South America E of the Andes, in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
In Ecuador it is common on well drained, non-inundated soils in the eastern lowlands. Adult plants are usually scarse, but juveniles may be quite abundant in the forest understorey.

Common
names:
Inayo
–

(Blicher-Mathiesen 1989).

Inayu
–
Quichua
(Gonzalez et al. 1985 and additional references).

Inayua
–
Achuar
(H.B. Pedersen #97614 ).

Iniayua
–
Achuar
(Descola 1989).

Urcuri
–
Quichua
(Lescure et al. 1987).

Urcuromagni
–

(J.B. Nowak #155 ).

Wa-ho
–
Siona
(Blicher-Mathiesen 1989).