Wettinia drudei
Wettinia (weh-tin-EE-ah) drudei (DROOD-ee) | |||||||
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Habitat and Distribution
Western Amazon basin in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Uncommon in Ecuador, where it has been recorded only once. A widespread species of lowland rainforest.Description
Understorey or subcanopy palm. Stem solitary, 3-7 m tall and 2-4 cm in diameter, smooth. Leaves 1.5-2.5 m long; pinnae 10-15 on each side, entire, borne horizontally, glabrous or finely hairy below, the central ones 25-55 cm long and 4-7 cm wide. Inflorescences 1-3 per node; peduncle 10-15 cm long; rachis ca. 5 cm long, with 2-10 branches, those of the female inflorescences to 20 cm long in fruit. Male flowers up to 27 mm long, with 5-6 stamens. Female flowers dispersed along the branches, 7-9 mm long. Fruit dark yellow, minutely warty and hairy, 2-2.5 cm long and 1-1.5 cm in diameter, often with two fully developed carpels. (Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 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)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.
Culture
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a
Comments and Curiosities
Uses: Stems were used to make blowguns, also for roofing material.
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., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 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.