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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Carludovica (kar-loo-dôh-VEE-kah) drudei (DROO-deh)
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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
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Scientific Classification
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Genus: |
Carludovica (kar-loo-dôh-VEE-kah)
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drudei (DROO-deh)
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Synonyms
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None set.
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Native Continent
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America
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Morphology
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Habit: |
Clustering, acaulescent & caespitose.
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Leaf type: |
Costapalmate
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Culture
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Survivability index
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Common names
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None.
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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 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) 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, 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).
Culture
Comments and Curiosities
Not to be confused with the palm-like plant from the Cyclanthaceae family (Jungle Drum), using the name Carludovica.
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, edric.
Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos, edric.
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).
- IMAGE GALLERY
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Dr. Reinaldo Aguilar, edric.
Costa Rica, Reserva Biologica Carara, pacific area. Photo by Dr. Ruestz, edric.
Costa Rica, Reserva Biologica Carara, pacific area. Photo by Dr. Ruestz, edric.
Photo by Fruchtstand, edric.
Carludovica drudei in Brief Garden, Bentota, Sri Lanka. Photo by Philippe, edric.
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.