Geonoma interupta
COMMON NAME | Chontilla |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | Medium sized palm
which can be solitary or clumping. Leaves of young plants have undivided
leaves. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Andes of South America, north from
Mexico all the way down to Bolivia |
NATIVE HABITAT | Moist or wet, dense,
mixed lowland forest. Understorey of lowland to premontane rain forest, in
both well-drained soils on slopes and also in wet and poorly drained soil,
usually at elevations to 1,000 metres, occasionally to 1,400 metres. |
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