Chamaedorea linearis Species Information

Family: Arecaceae Palm Tree

Common Name: St. Pauls Cane Palm

Scientific Synonymy:
Chamaedorea latisecta

Cold Hardiness Zone: 8a View the UK and US zone maps

Chamaedorea linearis Information

Identification

Stems solitary, 2-10 m tall and 2-8 cm diameter, erect or occasionally creeping. Leaves 3-8, pinnate; leaflets 11-62 per side, lanceolate to almost sigmoid, 16-85 cm long and 2.5-12 cm wide. Inflorescences erect, the males multiple the female solitary at each node, both male and female with 5-53 flowering branches, the males with flowers clustered; fruits globose to ellipsoid, 0.8-2.5 cm diameter, red.

Species information currently being revised.

Distribution

Native to: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Throughout the Andes between 500 and 2800 m, but decending to 50 m in the Pacific lowlands of Columbia and Ecuador; rain forest on mountain slopes.

Location: Ecuador (-1.532044°N, -79.804688°E)

Observations

Map may not represent the complete natural distribution. (Markers display observation data).