Editing Attalea phalerata

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[[File:Attalea_phalerata.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''A. phalerata'' at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago.]]
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===Common Names:===
Scheelea Palm,<br/>
Shapaja (local name)

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Found in both savannah and forest of Brazil, Peru and Paraguay.

===Description:===
A stout, solitary palm whose trunk rarely gets taller than 4m
and which is often covered with old leaf bases. It has a plumose head
of up to 30 large leaves that are held erect in a shuttlecock-like crown.
It has large bunches of bright yellow, oily fruits that are up to 11cm long.

===General:===
The plants are used extensively by the locals.
The leaves are a major source of thatch
and the fibrous seed coating is chewed and sucked when ripe.

===Culture:===
A sunny position in the tropics/sub-tropics.
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===Contributed by: ===
Miguel Jaramillo (Figure 1)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Attalea%20phalerata Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff4954fe-99ea-4bba-8d15-a7e4dc69bc02 PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Attalea+phalerata JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Attalea+phalerata Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+phalerata%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Attalea+phalerata%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Attalea+phalerata Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+phalerata%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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