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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Bactris_major02.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''B. major'' var ''socialis'' also in Bolivia.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> ===Common Names:=== Lata Palm ===Habitat:=== Centra/South American rainforest. ===Description:=== Small clustering palm to about 4m, with thin brown trunks, with spines at the nodes. Leaf petioles also have spines. ===General:=== An alcoholic drink is made from the fruit. ===Culture:=== Warm, sheltered, and moist. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Bactris_major.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''B. major'' var ''socialis'' in habitat, Bolivia.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Bactris_major03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''B. major'' in habitat, Trinidad]] </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Bactris_major04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''B. major'' inflorescence, and infructescence.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Bactris_major05.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''B. major'']] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Gaston Torres Vera (Figure 1&2) (Images copyright Argentina Palms)<br/> Robert Wilson (Figure 3,4&5) ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Bactris%20major Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/25b4bc48-7adb-4103-9aa4-da57f1725fd3 PalmWeb], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Bactris+major JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Bactris+major Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Bactris+major%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Bactris+major%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bactris+major Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Bactris+major%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Bactris|major]] [[Category:Palm|Bactris_major]]
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