Skip to main content

Geonoma maxima subsp. chelidonura

(Spruce) A. J. Hend.

gbif· cc-by

The New York Botanical Garden

gbif· cc-by-nc

Field Museum of Natural History

gbif· cc-by

The New York Botanical Garden

Geonoma maxima is a species of palm tree native to South America.

Description

A tropical palm in the Arecaceae family.

This description is brief — help expand it

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Bolivia, South America,

Synonyms

Geonoma bijugata Barb.Rodr.Geonoma brachyfoliata Barb.Rodr.Geonoma juruana Dammerand several others

Also Known As

Pane

References (1)

  • Zambrana, P, et al, 2017, Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2017) 13:57 (As Geonoma juruana)

More from Arecaceae