Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys

Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys


Morphology:
Leaf blade irregularly to nearly regularly divided with up to 8 usually conspicuously sigmoid segments on each side; veins forming an angle of 40-60° with the leaf axis, never raised above; petiole approximately of the same length as the blade. Peduncle 80-150 cm long; spike 4-20 cm long and 4-7 mm in diameter, usually with densely positioned flower pits.



Distribution:
Western Amazon region.
Common, but usually not very abundant, in E Ecuador.

Notes:
A polymorphic variety, whose morphological variation is incompletely understood.


Common
names:

Arma ilu panga

Quichua

(C. Ceron #6678).

Dadu

Siona

(H. Balslev #4326 and additional references).

Guacamaya-panga

Quichua

(H. Balslev #4569).

Guacu maya


(P.J. Grubb #1509).

Huan-só-dé-dé

Secoya

(H. Balslev #4825).

K´ofahe

Cofán

(H.V. Pinkley #23 and additional references).

Naya-huë-dadu

Siona

(H. Balslev #4372).

O-có-pui

Secoya

(H. Balslev #4825).

Pa-í

Secoya

(H. Balslev #4826).

Yija-dére

Siona

(H. Balslev #4325).

Uses:

Fruits are eaten by the trumpeter bird, Sophia crepitans
(H. Balslev #62063).

Leaves are used for thatch
(H. Balslev #4326 and additional references).

Leaves are used to cover freshly hunted meat
(H. Balslev #62063).

The palm heart is used to kill witches: to make the poison, the palm heart is boiled along with other plants and hair and nails from the person killed by the witch
(H. Balslev #4825).


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