Chamaedorea linearis
(Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
The fruit, palm heart, and cabbage (likely the growing shoot or leaf bases) are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows from the lowlands and up to 2,400 m above sea level.
Andes, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela,
How to Identify
A palm. It has 1 stem. It grows 10 m tall. The trunk is 3-8 m across. It is green and smooth. The leaf sheaths are 30-90 cm long. The leaf blade is 1-2.5 m long and has 25-65 leaflets on each side. The flowering shoot is 15-100 cm long and it has 3-4 swollen bracts. Male flowers are in groups of 18 and female flowers occur singly. The fruit are orange to red and 1.5-2.5 cm across.
Names & Synonyms
Kuinkua nul, Palmilla, Palmito verde, Vara kaspi
Chamaedorea corallina (H. Karst.) Hook.f.Chamaedorea formosa W. BullChamaedorea megaphylla A. H. GentryChamaedorea montana VossChamaedorea poeppigiana (Mart.) A. H. GentryChamaedorea polyclada BurretKunthia montana Humb. & Bonpl.Martinezia linearis Ruiz & Pav.Morenia caudata BurretMorenia corallina H. Karst.Morenia fragrans Ruiz & Pav.Morenia lindeniana H. Wendl.Morenia macrocarpa BurretMorenia microspadix BurretMorenia montana (Humb. & Bonpl.) BurretMorenia poeppigiana Mart.Morenia robusta BurretNunnezharia corallina (H. Karst.) KuntzeNunnezharia formosa (W. Bull) KuntzeNunnezharia lindeniana (H. Wendl.) KuntzeNunnezharia linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) KuntzeNunnezharia montana (Humb. & Bonpl.) KuntzeNunnezharia morenia KuntzeNunnezharia poeppigiana (Mart.) Kuntze
References (4)
- Kvist, L. S., et al, 2006, Bosques montanos bajos occidentals en Ecuador y sus plantas utiles. Botanica Economica ge los Andes Centrales. 205-223.
- Palmpedia
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Torre, de la L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 199
