Arecaceae FAMILY

Astrocaryum acaule

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Astrocaryum acaule is an evergreen, stemless palm. It produces a rosette of around 5 - 8 spiny leaves up to 6 metres tall including the petiole[ 558 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University, Boston. Year 1984 - 1986 ISBN Description A series of botanical articles. It contains an article on the medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a local source of food and basketry material.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.

HabitatDry forests[ 558 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 30 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University, Boston. Year 1984 - 1986 ISBN Description A series of botanical articles. It contains an article on the medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Lowland rain forests, stream banks, river islands, savannah margins, roky outcrops, road margins and other disturbed areas, often on white-sand soils[ 768 Title Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas Publication Author Henderson A.; Galeano G.; Bernal R. Publisher Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1995 ISBN 0-691-08537-4 Description An excellent book, giving basic information on all the 550 species of palms native to the Americas that were known in 1995. Comprehensive information on the plants range and habitat, brief description, some uses and almost 250 photos. ]. Generally uncommon in undisturbed forest[ 768 Title Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas Publication Author Henderson A.; Galeano G.; Bernal R. Publisher Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1995 ISBN 0-691-08537-4 Description An excellent book, giving basic information on all the 550 species of palms native to the Americas that were known in 1995. Comprehensive information on the plants range and habitat, brief description, some uses and almost 250 photos. ].