Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.

Cashapona (en), Palmier marcheur (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Socratea

Characteristics

A solitary palm. It grows to 22 m high. The trunk is 15 cm wide. It is light brown and has darker widely spaced rings of old leaf base scars. There are stilt roots 2-3 m high at the base. These have sharp spines. The crown-shaft is 2 m tall. The leaf crown forms half a circle. The leaves are 2-2.6 m long with leaf stalks 30 cm long. The leaflets are 60 cm long. The flowering branches are 30 cm long. The fruit are yellow and 2.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.15
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. They grow in tropical rainforest. They need constant moisture and high humidity. They are killed by temperatures below 13°C. In tropical America it grows from sea level to 1130 m altitude.
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Rainforest. A common species in non-flooded fields and fallows. Lowland to premontane rain forest, at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The palm heart is bitter. It is sometimes eaten. It is boiled.
Uses animal food environmental use food fuel material medicinal social use wood
Edible flowers fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Fruit

Socratea exorrhiza fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

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

Conservation status

Socratea exorrhiza threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1200702-2
WFO ID wfo-0000311608
COL ID 4XYSR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448175
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Iriartea orbignyana Socratea durissima Socratea elegans Socratea exorrhiza Socratea hoppii Iriartea durissima Iriartea philonotia Socratea macrochlamys Socratea orbignyana Socratea philonotia Socratea albolineata Socratea gracilis Iriartea exorrhiza Iriartea exorrhiza var. elegans Iriartea exorrhiza var. orbignyana