Hyospathe elegans Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Hyospathe

Characteristics

A palm. It grows up to 8 m tall. It can have one stem or a cluster of up to 8 stems. They are 1-3 cm across. The crown has 5-11 leaves up to 2 m long. The fruit are 1.2-1.6 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows as an understorey plant in tropical rainforest. It grows up to about 1,000 m above sea level. It suits a warm, sheltered, moist position.
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An understorey plant in lowland to montane rainforest, usually at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres, sometimes ascending to 2,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The palm heart or cabbage is cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Hyospathe elegans unspecified picture

Distribution

Hyospathe elegans world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667463-1
WFO ID wfo-0000216164
COL ID 3NM6F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731671
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Synonyms

Hyospathe brevipedunculata Hyospathe pallida Hyospathe weberbaueri Hyospathe concinna Hyospathe elegans Hyospathe filiformis Hyospathe gracilis Hyospathe lehmannii Hyospathe maculata Hyospathe micropetala Hyospathe schultzeae Hyospathe simplex Hyospathe sodiroi Hyospathe tessmannii Hyospathe ulei Chamaedorea falcaria Hyospathe elegans subsp. concinna Hyospathe elegans subsp. costaricensis Hyospathe elegans subsp. sanblasensis Hyospathe elegans subsp. sodiroi Hyospathe elegans subsp. tacarcunensis