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|genus=Carludovica <br>(kahr-loo-dôh-WEE-kah)
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|species=<br>drudei (droo'-deh)
 
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==Habitat and Distribution==
 
==Habitat and Distribution==
Central America, Peru and Colombia. Occasional, in the forest, usually along streams,pos­sibly preferring steep banks. Flowers in June. The fruitsmature from July to October. Distinguished by having the leaf lobes toothed much less thanhalfway to the base.
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''Carludovica drudei'' is found in Central America, Peru and Colombia. Occasional, in the forest, [[image:CdDSCN3417.jpg|thumb|left|450px|Carludovica drudei in Brief Garden, Bentota, Sri Lanka. Photo by Philippe.]]usually along streams, pos­sibly preferring steep banks. Flowers in June. The fruits mature from July to October. Distinguished by having the leaf lobes toothed much less than half way to the base. Lowland forests in Mexico (Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula), Costa Rica, Panama, and possibly Colombia. In Panama, known from tropical moist forest, on both slopes in the Canal Zone and in Chiriqui and Darien.
Lowland forests in Mexico (Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula),Costa Rica, Panama, and possibly Colombia. In Panama, known fromtropical moist forest on both slopes in the Canal Zone and inChiriqui and Darien.
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==Description==
 
==Description==
Large, acaulescent Palm, 2-3 m tall. Petioles to 2.5 m long, terete, vaginate only near base; blades to 1.8 m wide,palmately and unequally 4-lobed, the lobes to 75 cm long, 35-60 cm wide at apex, with 9-16 teeth per lobe, the teeth 5-13 cm long, glabrous and shiny above, dull below; juvenile leaves entire, theapex. V-shaped,becoming 4-lobed, the lateral lobes more deeply divided. Peduncles 40-50 cm long; spathes 4, congested immediately below spadix; spadix narrowly cylindrical, 11-12 cm long, 1.5 cm thick in flower, to 22 cm long and 4.5 cm thick in fruit; staminate and pistillate flowers alternating spirally on spadix; staminate flowers in clusters of 4, lack­ing perianth, the stamens numerous, closely congested, obscuring all of pistillate flower but the staminodium, falling within a few days after anthesis; pistillate flowers sunken into fleshy axis of spadix; sepals 4, 5-6 mm long in flower, distinctly surpassing length of stigmas (to 8 mm long infruit); staminodium slender, flattened, very long and showy, white, falling soon after anthesis; stigmas 4, laterally compressed; fruiting spadices rupturing at ma­turity, beginning at apex, to expose bright orange matrix with embedded fruits. Fruits oblong to rounded, about 10 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; seeds numerous, ± ovoid, about 2 mm long, flattened. (The Smithsonian Tropical Institute). Editing by edric. (From the Spanish).
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Large, clustering, acaulescent, and caespitose (growing in tufts or clumps), 2-3 m tall. Petioles to 2.5 m long, terete, vaginate only near base; blades to 1.8 m wide, palmately and unequally 4-lobed, the lobes to 75 cm long, 35-60 cm wide at apex, with 9-16 teeth per lobe, the teeth 5-13 cm long, glabrous and shiny above, dull below; juvenile leaves entire, the apex, V-shaped, becoming 4-lobed, the lateral lobes more deeply divided. Peduncles 40-50 cm long; spathes 4, congested immediately below spadix; spadix narrowly cylindrical, 11-12 cm long, 1.5 cm thick in flower, to 22 cm long and 4.5 cm thick in fruit; staminate and pistillate flowers alternating spirally on spadix; staminate flowers in clusters of 4, lack­ing perianth, the stamens numerous, closely congested, obscuring all of pistillate flower but the staminodium, falling within a few days after anthesis; pistillate flowers sunken into fleshy axis of spadix; sepals 4, 5-6 mm long in flower, distinctly surpassing length of stigmas (to 8 mm long in fruit); staminodium slender, flattened, very long and showy, white, falling soon after anthesis; stigmas 4, laterally compressed; fruiting spadices rupturing at ma­turity, beginning at apex, to expose bright orange matrix with embedded fruits. Fruits oblong to rounded, about 10 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; seeds numerous, ± ovoid, about 2 mm long, flattened. (The Smithsonian Tropical Institute). Editing by edric. (From the Spanish) Editing by edric.
 
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A member of the family Cyclanthaceae, this is a look alike "palm". Used commercially as the Panama hat palm. There are four species to this genus, divergens, drudei, palmata, and rotundifolia. The divergens has ethnobotany applications, as a possible MAOI inhibitor.
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Etymology: Carludovica (named after Charles IV. of Spain, and Louisa, his queen). A genus of low-growing, palm-like, stove plants. Flowers of separate sexes, in squares arranged very close together in a spiral manner, and forming cylindrical spikes. Leaves stiff, plaite and deeply cut into from two to five division. The species are very ornamental, and several are eminently adapted for tropical gardening. They are easily grown with the usual routine of stove management, thriving in a compost of two parts peat and one of sandy loam; a liberal supply of water is needed.
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==Culture==
 
==Culture==
  
 
==Comments and Curiosities==
 
==Comments and Curiosities==
Photos in Image Gallery, in habitat, edric.
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Not to be confused with true palms, this species is in the Cyclanthaceae family. The genus is probably best known for Carludovica palmata (toquilla), the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats. An unidentified species belonging to this family (possibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".
  
==External Links==
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Carludovica drudei Mast. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
*[http://eunops.org/content/glossary-palm-terms Glossary of Palm Terms]
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*[http://www.plantapalm.com/wianame.htm Pronunciation Key]
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==References==
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Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.
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Special thanks to Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos, edric.
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Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - widespread from Tabasco to Bolivia.
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Carludovica rotundifolia Schaedtler - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
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Carludovica sulcata Hammel - Nicaragua, Costa Rica.
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Etymology: Carludovica (named after Charles IV. of Spain, and Louisa, his queen).
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==External Links==
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*[http://eunops.org/content/glossary-palm-terms Glossary of Palm Terms]
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*[http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pronunciation.html MODERN BOTANICAL LATIN]
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*[http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/Pronunciation.htm "Just To Be Clear"]
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==References==
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Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.
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Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.
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Special thanks to [http://palmweb.org/?q=node/2 Palmweb.org], Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.
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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).
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Carludovica
(kahr-loo-dôh-WEE-kah)
drudei (droo'-deh)
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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Carludovica
(kahr-loo-dôh-WEE-kah)
Species:
drudei (droo'-deh)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Clustering, acaulescent & caespitose.
Leaf type: Costapalmate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Jungle Drum

Habitat and Distribution

Carludovica drudei is found in Central America, Peru and Colombia. Occasional, in the forest,
Carludovica drudei in Brief Garden, Bentota, Sri Lanka. Photo by Philippe.
usually along streams, pos­sibly preferring steep banks. Flowers in June. The fruits mature from July to October. Distinguished by having the leaf lobes toothed much less than half way to the base. Lowland forests in Mexico (Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula), Costa Rica, Panama, and possibly Colombia. In Panama, known from tropical moist forest, on both slopes in the Canal Zone and in Chiriqui and Darien.

Description

Large, clustering, acaulescent, and caespitose (growing in tufts or clumps), 2-3 m tall. Petioles to 2.5 m long, terete, vaginate only near base; blades to 1.8 m wide, palmately and unequally 4-lobed, the lobes to 75 cm long, 35-60 cm wide at apex, with 9-16 teeth per lobe, the teeth 5-13 cm long, glabrous and shiny above, dull below; juvenile leaves entire, the apex, V-shaped, becoming 4-lobed, the lateral lobes more deeply divided. Peduncles 40-50 cm long; spathes 4, congested immediately below spadix; spadix narrowly cylindrical, 11-12 cm long, 1.5 cm thick in flower, to 22 cm long and 4.5 cm thick in fruit; staminate and pistillate flowers alternating spirally on spadix; staminate flowers in clusters of 4, lack­ing perianth, the stamens numerous, closely congested, obscuring all of pistillate flower but the staminodium, falling within a few days after anthesis; pistillate flowers sunken into fleshy axis of spadix; sepals 4, 5-6 mm long in flower, distinctly surpassing length of stigmas (to 8 mm long in fruit); staminodium slender, flattened, very long and showy, white, falling soon after anthesis; stigmas 4, laterally compressed; fruiting spadices rupturing at ma­turity, beginning at apex, to expose bright orange matrix with embedded fruits. Fruits oblong to rounded, about 10 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; seeds numerous, ± ovoid, about 2 mm long, flattened. (The Smithsonian Tropical Institute). Editing by edric. (From the Spanish) Editing by edric.

Culture

Comments and Curiosities

Not to be confused with true palms, this species is in the Cyclanthaceae family. The genus is probably best known for Carludovica palmata (toquilla), the young leaves of which are made into Panama hats. An unidentified species belonging to this family (possibly a Carludovica species) has been marketed as a houseplant in the United States under the name "Jungle Drum".

Carludovica drudei Mast. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.

Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - widespread from Tabasco to Bolivia.

Carludovica rotundifolia Schaedtler - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.

Carludovica sulcata Hammel - Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Etymology: Carludovica (named after Charles IV. of Spain, and Louisa, his queen).



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).


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

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