Oenocarpus bataua var. bataua

Family: Arecaceae    Palm Tree

Common Name: Batauá Palm

Scientific Synonymy:
Oenocarpus batawa, Jessenia polycarpa, Jessenia repanda, Jessenia bataua, Jessenia weberbaueri

Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a     View the UK and US zone maps

Oenocarpus bataua var. bataua Information

General Information

Native to Panama, Amazon and Venezuala, they are rain forest palms occurring in large stands in periodically flooded areas.

Distribution

Native to: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Location: Brazil (-2.498232°N, -66.005859°E)

Observations

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

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