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Astrocaryum (ahs-tro-kahr-EE-uhm)
jauari (yah-oo-AHR-ee)
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Scientific Classification
Genus: Astrocaryum (ahs-tro-kahr-EE-uhm)
Species:
jauari (yah-oo-AHR-ee)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary & clustering.
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Huiririma-(Quichua) Peru, Chambirilla-(Spanish) Peru, Albarico-(Spanish) Venezuela. Also: Awarra, Coqueiro, Corozo, Diabexta, Guara, Jamari, Javari, Liba-awarra, Macanilla, Mauizi, Oco-be-to, Palmeira jauari, Rojti, Sauari, Sawarai, Soela-awarra, Yauari, Yauaranga, Yavari, Yahuari.

Habitat and Distribution

Astrocaryum jauari is found in Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Throughout most of the Amazon basin, in seasonally inundated areas along black-water rivers and lakes, where it tends to form rather large colonies.

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Description

Canopy palm. caespitose, riparian palm. Stem solitary & clustering, to 20 m tall and 30 cm in diameter, armed with long black spines. Leaves forming a funnel shaped crown, erect and arching, neatly abscising, 4-6 m long; pinnae to 150 on each side, evenly spaced or grouped, spreading in different planes, the central ones to 110 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. Inflorescences erect, about 200 cm long; branches about 100, the proximal to 30 cm long, each usually with 5-7 female flowers on the basal part. Male flowers about 4 mm long. Female flowers 5-8 mm long including stigmas. Stamens 9—12; staminodial ring 2/3—4/5 as long as the corolla. Fruits obovoid, greyish green, turning yellow or orange at maturity, glabrous, 3-4 cm long. (Borchsenius, F. 1998)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.

Culture

Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b.

Comments and Curiosities

Found in three locations along the Maroni River Which borders Suriname, in Maripasoula, north to Papaïchton, and then twice as far again north along the banks of the river, virtually half in the water as the photos below displays.

In Ecuador it's found at elevations between sea level and 230 m. It competes succesfully in seasonally flooded forests, and have been found in areas flooded from 30-240 days per year.

Fruits from the tree are consumed by fish, and could prove useful in supplying fodder for fish.



External Links

References

All information translated from the French and Spanish, edric.

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.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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