Copernicia tectorum

Copernicia tectorum

Copernicia tectorum is a native palm species in South America. The Style epithet means of roofs and refers to the use of palm fronds as roofing.

Description

The palm is up to 12 m. The trunk has a diameter of 30 cm and with old leaf bases occupied with the exception of the oldest parts. These are smooth and light to dark gray. The leaves are fan-shaped, 90 cm wide and circular. The petiole is 1.5 m long and filled with thorns. Both leaf pages are medium to dark green.

The inflorescence is as long as the leaf crown diameter. So he does not protrude from the crown. The fruits are ovoid, brown to black, and 3.8 cm long.

Dissemination

Copernicia tectorum occurs in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. It grows in the savannas dominated by monsoons, the Llanos. Here it often forms large colonies. It tolerates waterlogging as well as drought.

Documents

  • Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft: An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. 4th edition. Timber Press, Portland, 2007, ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6, p 315

Weblink

  • Copernicia tectorum in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Bachman, S., 2012, Accessed on 24 December 2013.
  • Palmaceus
  • Arecaceae
Coryphoideae Genus Los Llanos (South America)
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