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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. | 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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− | Large, acaulescent herb, 2-3 m tall. Petioles to2.5 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 cmwide at apex, with 9-16 teeth per lobe, the teeth 5-13 cm long,glabrous and shiny above, dull below; juvenile leaves entire, theapex | + | Large, acaulescent herb, 2-3 m tall. Petioles to2.5 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 cmwide 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. Peduncles40-50 cm long; spathes 4, congested immedi- ately 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 pistillateflowers alternating spirally on spadix; staminate flowers inclusters of 4, lacking perianth, the stamens numerous,closely congested, obscuring all of pistillate flower but thestaminodium, falling within a few days after anthesis; pistillateflowers sunken into fleshy axis of spadix; tepals 4, 5-6 mm long inflower, 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 oblongto rounded, ca 10 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; seeds numerous, ±ovoid, ca 2 mm long, flattened. |
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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. | 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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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. | 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. | ||
==Culture== | ==Culture== |
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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. 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.
Description
Large, acaulescent herb, 2-3 m tall. Petioles to2.5 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 cmwide 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. Peduncles40-50 cm long; spathes 4, congested immedi- ately 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 pistillateflowers alternating spirally on spadix; staminate flowers inclusters of 4, lacking perianth, the stamens numerous,closely congested, obscuring all of pistillate flower but thestaminodium, falling within a few days after anthesis; pistillateflowers sunken into fleshy axis of spadix; tepals 4, 5-6 mm long inflower, 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 oblongto rounded, ca 10 mm long, 6-8 mm broad; seeds numerous, ±ovoid, ca 2 mm long, flattened.
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.
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.
Culture
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