Chamaedorea linearis
(Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.
Original
reference:
Hist. nat. palm. 2: 5 (1823)
Basionym:
Martinezia linearis Ruiz & Pav.
Morphology:
Understorey palm. Stem solitary, to 10 m tall, 3-8 cm in diameter, green and smooth. Leaf sheaths closed, forming a 30-90 cm long green crownshaft; blade 100-250 cm long, with 25-65 equal pinnae on each side, the central ones 30-85 cm long and 3-12 cm wide, with 4-6 subequal nerves. Inflorescences once branched, 15-100 cm long, with 3-4 swollen, cream coloured peduncular bracts, and 5-55 branches. Male inflorescences up to 18 per node, female ones solitary at the nodes. Fruits orange to red, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter.
Distribution:
W of the Andes from N Colombia to S Ecuador, and E of the Andes from N Ecuador to Bolivia. In Ecuador it is frequent to common in the W lowlands and on the E and W slopes of the Andes up to 2400 m elevation, both in primary and disturbed forest.
Common
names:
Caña agria
–
Spanish
(Y. Mexia #7030).
Chontilla
–
Spanish
(H.B. Pedersen #97624).
Uses:
Sometimes planted as an ornamental palm
(H.B. Pedersen #97624).
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