Geonoma maxima var. maxima

Geonoma maxima var. maxima


Morphology:
See the species


Common
names:

Eme-dere

Siona

(H. Balslev #4306).

Oomawe

Waorani – downriver dialect

(E.W. Davis #1015).

Uesha panga

Quichua

(B. Bergmann #62128).

Uses:

Used to make improvised hunting and war spears. This was an important source of wood before the arrival of metal tools, when the “chonta-palm” could not be cut; the spears are good for killing forest pigs
(H. Balslev #4306).


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