Chamaedorea linearis

Family: Arecaceae

What it is like

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.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows from the lowlands and up to 2,400 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Andes, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit, palm heart, cabbage

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Kuinkua nul, Palmilla, Palmito verde, Vara kaspi

Synonyms

Chamaedorea corallina (H. Karst.) Hook.f.; Chamaedorea formosa W. Bull; Chamaedorea megaphylla A. H. Gentry; Chamaedorea montana Voss; Chamaedorea poeppigiana (Mart.) A. H. Gentry; Chamaedorea polyclada Burret; Kunthia montana Humb. & Bonpl.; Martinezia linearis Ruiz & Pav.; Morenia caudata Burret; Morenia corallina H. Karst.; Morenia fragrans Ruiz & Pav.; Morenia lindeniana H. Wendl.; Morenia macrocarpa Burret; Morenia microspadix Burret; Morenia montana (Humb. & Bonpl.) Burret; Morenia poeppigiana Mart.; Morenia robusta Burret; Nunnezharia corallina (H. Karst.) Kuntze; Nunnezharia formosa (W. Bull) Kuntze; Nunnezharia lindeniana (H. Wendl.) Kuntze; Nunnezharia linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze; Nunnezharia montana (Humb. & Bonpl.) Kuntze; Nunnezharia morenia Kuntze; Nunnezharia poeppigiana (Mart.) Kuntze;