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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