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Contents
Habitat and Distribution
Brazil North, Colombia. Known only from an undisturbed remote area in the north-west Amazon.
Description
An understorey species of lowland rainforest.
Culture
Comments and Curiosities
- IMAGE GALLERY
Rio Tonantini, Colombia. Photo by Dr. Andrew J. Henderson, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Near the village of La Pedrera. Oenocarpus simplex, a strange kind of bacaba whose leaves are simple (not composite) unlike all other species of the genus; It was found in Brazil.
Oenocarpus from the Río Caquetá, in the Colombian Amazon. (Dr's. Rodrigo G. Bernal, Gloria Galeano, Andrew Henderson)
External Links
References
Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.
Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.
Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.
Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.
