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Mauritiella (maw-reet'-ee-ehl-lah)
armata (ahr-MAH-tah)
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Paraíba State, Brazil. Photo by Gleno Machado.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Mauritiella (maw-reet'-ee-ehl-lah)
Species:
armata (ahr-MAH-tah)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Clustering
Leaf type: Costapalmate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
'Buriticillo', 'Moritillo', Ghost Palm.

Habitat and Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Roraima, Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.
Widespread in the Amazon region and adjacent areas, from Venezuela to Bolivia, usually at low elevations. In Ecuador it occurs here and there along black water streams and lakes.

Description

Canopy or subcanopy palm. Stems clustered, to 20 m tall, and 15-25 cm in diameter, at least on the lower part armed with short conical root spines. Leaves split into about 20 one-ribbed segments, these below with a black, web-like indument. Fruits about 3 cm long, covered with reddish brown scales. Editing by edric. (Borchsenius, F. 1998)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.

Culture

The main requirement is water, and lots of it. It also likes full sun, and warmth in winter. Once they get established, however, they do appear to be very vigorous growers. Cold Hardiness Zone: 11a

Comments and Curiosities

This is a dioecious genus.

Uses: Fruit, mesocarp. The fruit of Mauritiella peruviana, known locally as "aguajillo" because it resembles a miniature aguaje, is also edible and used to prepare a type of aguajina. People use their teeth to peel the skin, before eating the lime yellow pulp, that surrounds the single reddish brown seed. In markets, the fruits are often sold from bowls full of water so that the pulp is soft and more palatable.

Similar to the fantastic Mauritia flexuosa, this clustering species is a slender, garden-sized version that will usually reach a height of about 10 m (33 ft.). Its beautiful, fan-shaped leaves carry up to 120 segments that are bluish waxy below. It is a typical palm of the greater Amazon region where it is widespread, and is common in a variety of habitats, from the steamy, tropical lowlands up to the cool Guyana Highlands at 1400 m (4600 ft.) a.s.l. Among its closest relatives, Mauritia, Mauritiella, and Lepidocaryum, it is the only one that is really tolerant of cooler, subtropical winters, even though it does not tolerate any frost. Mauritiella armata is a very fast grower and does well in the tropical and subtropical garden. When young, it also makes a stunning pot plant that could even be commercially interesting. All parts of the young plant are covered with a thick, white or pale blue, waxy bloom. (RPS.com)



  • IMAGE GALLERY

  • Hawaii.

  • Hawaii.

  • Leaf Close-up, Hawaii.

  • Sucker, Hawaii.

  • White leaf Bases, Hawaii.

  • Leafs - White Undersides.

  • Armed Trunk, Hawaii.

  • New Caledonia, photo by Ben.

  • New Caledonia, photo by Ben.

  • Kaieteur Falls, Guyana. Photo by Brandt Maxwell.

  • Hawaii.

  • Armata03.jpg

  • QLD. Australia, photo by Brod.

  • QLD. Australia, photo by Brod.

  • About 100 kl north of Brisbane Australia. Photo by Brod.

  • About 100 kl north of Brisbane Australia. Photo by Brod.

  • About 100 kl north of Brisbane Australia. Photo by Brod.

  • About 100 kl north of Brisbane Australia. Photo by Brod.

  • Daintree, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Daintree, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Jenero Herrera, Peru. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Daintree, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Brazil. Photo by Dr. Andrew J. Henderson/Palmweb.

  • Daintree, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Boa Esperanza ranch, Brazil. Photo by Dr. Scott Zona.

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  • Recife, Brazil. Cultivated. Photo by Gileno Machado.

  • Recife, Brazil. Cultivated. Photo by Gileno Machado.

  • Recife, Brazil. Cultivated. Photo by Gileno Machado.

  • Recife, Brazil. Cultivated. Photo by Gileno Machado.

  • Paraíba State, Brazil. Photo by Gleno Machado.

  • Paraíba State, Brazil. Photo by Gleno Machado.

  • Paraíba State, Brazil. Photo by Gleno Machado.

  • Hawaii. Photo by Bo-Göran.

  • Hawaii. Photo by Bo-Göran.

  • Flecker Botanical Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall.

  • Innisfail, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Michael Pascall.

  • Roraima, Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Roraima, Brazil. M. flexosa on left. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Roraima, Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Manaus, AM Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Manaus, AM Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Manaus, AM Brazil. Photo by Don Kittelson.

  • Hawaii. Photo by BGL.

  • Hawaii. Photo by BGL.

  • Hawaii. Photo by BGL.

  • Hawaii. Photo by BGL.

  • Hawaii. "Most of them look like this: one main trunk and about a dozen smaller, secondary, ones." Photo by BGL.

  • Hawaii. "And a few have two main trunks like this one, and again, about a dozen smaller secondary ones." Photo by BGL.

  • Sinapore. Photo by Philippe.

  • Sinapore. Photo by Philippe.

  • Sinapore. Photo by Philippe.

  • Jupiter FL. Photo by Redant.

  • Jupiter FL. Photo by Redant.

  • Hawaii. Photo by Geoff Stein.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Brazil. Photo by Andre Cardoso.

  • Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, Alto Paraíso, Goiás, Brasil. Photo by Mauricio Mercadante.

  • Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, Alto Paraíso, Goiás, Brasil. Photo by Mauricio Mercadante.

  • Las Marías, PR. 9/2015. Photo by Cindy Adair.

  • Rare Palm Seeds.com

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

  • Image Text: South of the Sipaliwini Airstrip, Suriname. By Dr's. Reinoud Norde and Feddo Oldenburger.

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. 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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