Arecaceae FAMILY

Attalea rostrata

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Attalea rostrata is an evergreen palm with a large and massive appearance The plant is often without a stem when young, but this elongates in age and commonly reaches 3 - 6 metres or more tall. The leaves on this large, solid, unbranched stem can be 3.5 metres or more long[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. This palm is of great economic importance locally[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. Its leaves are the commonest thatch of the humbler dwellings of the Pacific coast, and even of some of the more substantial ones, rain capes made from the leaves are sold throughout Guatemala, and the plant provides various foods and other materials for the local people[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico.

HabitatProbably a forest tree by nature, now most plentiful on open pastured plains from which the original forest has been cut. Often abundant, forming wide stands; often on land that is very wet for part of the year, sometimes wet for all the year[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].