Arecaceae
Leopoldinia

Leopoldinia piassaba Wallace

First published in Palm Trees Amazon: 17 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Colombia to N. Brazil. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Guiana Shield. Elevation range: 80–200 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Guainía, Vichada.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): NT.
Habit
Tree, Solitary palm.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, native grassland, wetlands (inland).
Vernacular
Chìkichìki (Piapoco), Chiquichiqui (Baniva), Fibra (Baniva), Hañõn (Puinave), Malama (Baniva), Maráma (Curripaco), Maráma (Piapoco), Marama (Piaroa)
[UPFC]

General Description
Plants (4.0)-6.2(-9.0) m tall; stems (4.0-)5.8(-10.0) m tall, 15.0 cm diameter, solitary. Leaves (14-)18(-21) per stem; sheaths 45 cm long, fibers from apices elongate, loose, pendulous; petioles 118.8(75.0-150.0) cm long; rachises (270.0-)290.0(-330.0) cm long, (10.6-)18.4(-23.7) mm diameter; pinnae (53-)59(-65) per side of rachis, spreading horizontally, the bases narrowed with abaxial, distal and proximal swellings adjacent to rachis, midveins prominent and raised in cross-section adaxially; basal pinna 41.0 cm long, (0.3-)0.7(-1.0) cm wide, forming an angle of 45° with the rachis; apical pinna 37.0 cm long, (0.7-)0.9(-1.0) cm wide, forming an angle of (3-)6(-10)° with the rachis. Inflorescences dimorphic; prophylls no data; peduncular bracts no data; peduncles (32.0-)56.0(-80.0) cm long, 49.8 mm diameter; staminate rachillae (1.3-)1.6(-1.9) cm long; pistillate rachillae (9.5-)14.1(-16.0) cm long; fruits (35.5-)41.0(-44.2) mm long, (31.3-)34.6(-36.8) mm diameter, not flattened, globose to ellipsoid, the surfaces with raised, reticulate ridges from mesocarp fibers, giving a wrinkled appearance.
Distribution
From 0°08'S-3°44'N and 64°04'-67°53'W in the northern Amazon region of Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia (Guainía, Vichada), and Venezuela (Amazonas) at (72-)163(-275) m elevation in non- or seldom flooded forests adjacent to black water rivers. Although only one specimen has been seen from Brazil, L. piassaba occurs along several tributaries of the Rio Negro - the Rio Padauari, Rio Daraá [Daraha], Rio Marié, and Rio Xié (Wallace 1853).
[PW]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
chiquichiqui, fibra, marama, palma chiquichiqui
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 80 - 200 m.; Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol, palma solitaria
Conservation
Casi Amenazada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0