Geonoma cuneata var. cuneata

Geonoma cuneata var. cuneata


Morphology:
Stems clustered, erect or adscending, to 3 m long, ca. 4 cm in diameter, rough-ringed, usually with suckers on basal nodes. Leaf blade 0.4-1 m long, simple or irregularly divided into 2-4 or rarely up to 8 pinnae on each side; ribs elevated above, forming an angle of 25-40° with the rachis. The most widespread and common of the four varieties. Flowers in Oct-Jan.



Distribution:
As the species.
The most common of the four varieties in Ecuador.


Common
names:

Yah-a-chi

Chachi

(A. Barfod #60099 and additional references).

Yo ya chi

Chachi

(L.P. Kvist #40753).

Uses:

Fruits are edible
(A. Barfod #60099 and additional references).

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