Attalea maripa (Corrêa) Mart.
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Authority
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
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Family
Arecaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Tall, single-stemmed, canopy plants, with smooth, columnar trunk, 7-24 m X 20-40 cm. Leaves 10-15, very long erect and arching, disposed in 5-7 vertical rows; petiole (including sheath) 1.5 - 4 m long, robust, green, groved above, rounded below, sharp at margins; rachis 3.5 - 8m long, with 140 - 260 pinnae arranged in clusters of 2-8 pinnae in several planes on each side; pinnae linear - lanceolate, 90- 150 x 3-6 cm , drooping at tip. Inflorescences several per plant; Peduncle 1- 1.5 m long, obliquely erect; prphyll ± 1m long, flattened, fibrous; peduncular bract 0.7 - 1.5 m x 40 cm, thick, woody, deeply sulcate, long - acuminate, persistent for some time below crown; rachis 40-80 cm long, bearing many (usually >200) rachillae, the staminate ones 12-23 cm long, the bisexual ones 20-30 cm lon, with a few pistillate flowers scattered in proximal part and staminate flowers aggregated only in distal part, Fruits edible, many, congested, ovoid, with persistent stigmas at apex. 4-8 x 2-3 cm light brown at maturity, the cupule ± 2-3 cm high.
Distribution and Ecology - Occuring on all types of soils and drainage never abundant in primary forest. Maripa.