Copernicia tectorum Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Copernicia

Characteristics

A palm. It has stems 8-10 m tall. They are 25-30 cm across. Young palms have the leaf bases remaining on the trunk. The leaves are spreading. The leaf blade is round in outline. It is green on the lower surface. It does not have thorns on the edges. The flowering stalk is just longer than the leaves. The flowering branches are up to 17 cm long. They are 1-2 mm across and have small bristle like bracts. The fruit are oval and 2.5-3 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. They are brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in seasonally flooded savannah areas. It can withstand long droughts and long floods.
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Honeycomb limestone rocks. Low-lying, seasonally inundated savannahs.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Copernicia tectorum world distribution map, present in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Copernicia tectorum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666287-1
WFO ID wfo-0000921701
COL ID Y3LX
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Copernicia sanctae-martae Copernicia tectorum Corypha tectorum