Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.

  • Filed As

    Arecaceae
    Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 38804, 16 Sep 1990

  • Location

    Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Guarayos Prov. 2 km. NW of Perseverancia.

  • Habitat

    Swamp forest with Eurterpe, Socratea exorrhiza.

  • Description

    Trunk 13 m. tall, 15 cm. in diameter, not reaching the ground, supported by 11 major stilt roots reaching to 2 m. high in an open cone, some larger trees here with up to 18 stilt roots to 3 m. high; trunk smooth, only moderately hard, with thin band of black fibers on outside. Crown with 6 green leaves plus a spear; palmito [palm heart] bitter, not even eaten by collared peccary!; crown shaft green, 1.15 m. long; petiole 15 cm. long; rachis 2 m. long; leaflets 17 per side, at various angles, the tip plane, the leaflets splitting into several with age, the tips drooping whatever the orientation of the leaflets. Inflorescence past flowering, from node below lowest leaf; spathes thin, light brown, soon shed; peduncle 30 cm. long.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02323327

    Occurrence ID: 7c907b33-e7bc-4e0c-850b-1410ab661b34

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Arecales

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • All Determinations

    Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl. det M. H. Nee, 1990
    Note: Determiner originally noted as "A. Henderson, 1"

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    Santa Cruz

  • County/Municipio

    Guarayos Prov.

  • Locality

    2 km. NW of Perseverancia

  • Elevation

    Alt. 275 m. (902 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -14.72, -62.82

  • Location Notes

    [formerly part of Prov. Nuflo de Chavez]

  • Distribution

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