Copernicia alba Morong

Copernicia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Copernicia

Characteristics

A palm. It grows 25 m tall. The trunk is cylinder shaped and occasionally divides in two. The bark is grey and smooth. The leaves are at the tip of the trunk. They are 40-70 cm long. The flowering stalks are about 2 m long. The flowers are green and arranged in a spiral pattern. The fruit is a dark berry. It contains a light brown seed. This is oval and 12 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on seasonally flooded savannah. In Argentina it grows below 300 m above sea level. In Townsville palmetum.
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Open forest and Pampas. Low-lying, seasonally-inundated savannahs, in areas where flooding is followed by the soil drying out completely.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh. They are also used for juice. They are also used for alcoholic drinks. Caution: Alcohol is a cause of cancer. The tips of young plants are eaten.
Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Copernicia alba world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, and Paraguay

Conservation status

Copernicia alba threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64958-2
WFO ID wfo-0000921199
COL ID Y3KH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Copernicia alba Copernicia australis Copernicia ramulosa Copernicia rubra Coryphomia tectorum Copernicia nigra