Editing Iriartea deltoidea

{{PalmSpeciesHeader}}
__NOTOC__
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-5 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''I. deltoidea'' poking above the canopy.]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-7 columns">
===Common Names:===
Stilt Palm,<br/>
Copa Palm,<br/>
Barrigona Palm,<br/>
Huacrapona (local name)<br/>

===Distribution & Habitat:===
South American rainforest.

===Description:===
Very attractive, tall, stilt rooted palm to 30m,
with dark green plumose leaves,
a green/yellowish crownshaft, and a white, ventricose trunk.

===General:===
Provides a very hard, rot-resistant timber.
Used by the local indians for housing; the logs are split,
the spongy centre removed, and the hard outer trunk is
used for flooring.

===Culture:===
Warm, sheltered and moist. Very tropical in its requirements.
</div>
</div>

<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. Looking up into a ''I. deltoidea''.]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''I. deltoidea'' inflorescence, and infructescence.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea04.jpg|frame|(this bridge was 60 - 80 feet off the ground below).]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea05.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''I. deltoidea'' at Arenal Volcano north-western Costa Rica.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea07.jpg|frame|Figure 6. ''I. deltoidea'' showing the lovely plumose leaf.]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea08.jpg|frame|Figure 7. ''I. deltoidea'' leaflet detail.]]
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_deltoidea06.jpg|frame|Figure 8. ''I. deltoidea'' stilt roots]]
</div>
<div class="small-0 large-6 columns">
[[File:Iriartea_gigantea.jpg|frame|Figure 9. Leaflets of ''I. deltoidea'']]
</div>
</div>
===Contributed by: ===
Jeff Anderson (Figure 1,4,5,6,7&8)<br/>
Trinidad Bob (Figure 2&3)<br/>
Rolf Kyburz (Figure 9)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Iriartea%20deltoidea Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/ce870eca-0422-4a3c-b849-0f5ca0370b1f PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Iriartea+deltoidea JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Iriartea+deltoidea Trebrown]
</p>
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Iriartea+deltoidea%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Iriartea+deltoidea%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Iriartea+deltoidea Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Iriartea+deltoidea%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
<p>
[[Category:Iriartea|deltoidea]]
[[Category:Palm|Iriartea_deltoidea]]