Editing Attalea speciosa

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[[File:Attalea_speciosa.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''A. speciosa'']]
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===Common Names:===
Motacu or Motacuchi

===Habitat:===
Grows in the lowlands of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil
(pantanal). Sometimes in damp and warmer areas in "palmares" forms in
quantities of thousands.

===Description:===
Massive feather palm, with ''Cocos nucifera'' look but in giant form and
with the leaves larger and drooping. Very impressive palms at view.
The old leaves don't fall off, thus it develops a "skirt" of dead leaves
under the crownshaft.

===Culture:===
This palm is known locally in cultivation, is present in the
streets, and a lot in public parks. Would be adaptable to subtropical
areas, and is frost resistant. Seeds are big and easy of to
germinate it but slow. Seedlings are slow to build the trunk.
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[[File:Attalea_speciosa02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. Closeup of the crownshaft]]
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[[File:Attalea_speciosa04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''A. speciosa'' infructescence]]
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[[File:Attalea_speciosa05.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''A. speciosa'' infructescence]]
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[[File:Attalea_speciosa-01.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''A. speciosa'' in a public park, Argentina.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Gaston Torres Vera, Cordoba, Argentina (Images copyright Argentina Palms) (Figure 1,2&3)<br/>
Michael Pascall (Figure (4&5)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Attalea%20speciosa Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/7c01aa14-17b2-4cd1-b1e6-b88b35551aea PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Attalea+speciosa JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Attalea+speciosa Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+speciosa%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Attalea+speciosa%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Attalea+speciosa Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+speciosa%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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