Oenocarpus mapora

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Figure 1. O. mapora

Synonymy:

O. panamanus

Common Names:

Don Pedrito's Palm

Distribution & Habitat:

Widely spread throughout Central and South America, found in lowlands up to 1000m altitude.

Description:

An attractive, medium to large clumpiung palm to 20m tall, with up to 12 stems.

General:

Produces edible palm hearts, and so is being considered for commercial cultivation, since new stems grow to replace the harvested trunks.

Culture:

Sunny, moist, well drained position. Very good in cultivation, and deserves to be much more widely grown. Appears to be reasonably drought tolerant, but probably not very cold tolerant however.

Reference:

Palms Throughout The World, David Jones.

Figure 2. O. mapora looking into the crown.

Figure 3. O. mapora inflorescence.

Figure 4. O. mapora leaf detail.

Contributed by:

Michael Pascall (Figure 1,2,3&4)

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk