Attalea amygdalina Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Attalea

Characteristics

A palm. The trunk is underground. The leaves are erect and 7 m long. The tips arch over. The leaflets are regularly spaced along the leaf stalk. The leaflets can be 1 m long. They are deep green. The leaflets are limp and grow in one flat plane. The fruit are oval and 6-9 cm long by 5 cm wide. The seeds are the shape of almonds and are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 3.75
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Environment

Forests along streams in mountain areas; most of former habitats have been converted to coffee plantations. Dry to wet, forested ravines at elevations from 1,000-1,600 metres.
More
A tropical plant. It grows in the hilly rainforest in Colombia. It grows between 1000-1600 m altitude in Colombia. In Townsville palmetum.
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Usage

The seeds are eaten. They have a high oil content. The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses environmental use food oil social use
Edible fruits nuts seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Attalea amygdalina unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664411-1
WFO ID wfo-0000295830
COL ID 67XZD
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Synonyms

Attalea amygdalina Attalea victoriana Attalea uberrima