Aiphanes deltoidea
Burret
Shicashica
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NSF/Mellon - GPI
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit of A. deltoidea are described as "small but sweet" in the type collection, and Burret reported that they were eaten in Peru.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in non flooded forests.
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A small palm. It can have a single stem or several small ones. The stem is up to 2 m tall. It is 6 cm across. It has grey black spines. These can be 6 cm long. There are 10-12 leaves. They are erect and curve over. They have a sheath 30 cm long and these have spines. The leaf stalk is about 100 cm long and green. There are 11-14 leaflets on each side and these are in different planes and in groups. The flower stalk comes from among the leaves and curves.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Aiphanes deltoidea is a species of palm which is native to northeastern South America.
References (3)
- Borchsenius, F., and Bernal, R., 1996, Aiphanes (Palmae) Flora Neotropica. Vol. 70, pp 1-94.
- Kew Plants of the World Online
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
