Wettinia drudei

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Wettinia (weh-tin-EE-ah)
drudei (DROOD-ee)
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Perú. Photo by Dr. Robin Foster.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Wettinia (weh-tin-EE-ah)
Species:
drudei (DROOD-ee)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Western Amazon basin in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Uncommon in Ecuador,
Perú. Photo by Dr. Robin Foster.
where it has been recorded only once. A widespread species of lowland rainforest.

Description

Understorey or subcanopy palm. Stem solitary, 3-7 m tall and 2-4 cm in diameter, smooth. Leaves 1.5-2.5 m long; pinnae 10-15 on each side, entire, borne horizontally, glabrous or finely hairy below, the central ones 25-55 cm long and 4-7 cm wide. Inflorescences 1-3 per node; peduncle 10-15 cm long; rachis ca. 5 cm long, with 2-10 branches, those of the female inflorescences to 20 cm long in fruit. Male flowers up to 27 mm long, with 5-6 stamens. Female flowers dispersed along the branches, 7-9 mm long. Fruit dark yellow, minutely warty and hairy, 2-2.5 cm long and 1-1.5 cm in diameter, often with two fully developed carpels. (Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.

Culture

Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a

Comments and Curiosities

Uses: Stems were used to make blowguns, also for roofing material.

External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).

Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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