Aphandra natalia
The story
For generations, indigenous peoples of the South American Amazon rainforest have maintained a close relationship with the fiber palm. By harvesting its durable leaf sheath and petiole fibers, they craft essential everyday items like brooms, weaving the natural bounty of the rainforest into their daily lives and cultural practices.
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- Family
- Arecaceae
How to use it
This species is highly valued for its strong leaf sheath and petiole fibers, which are used by indigenous peoples to construct brooms and other products. Additionally, the plant is commercially exploited for its edible fruits.
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In the kitchen
The mastodon palm is commercially exploited for its edible fruits, which are harvested and utilized as a food source.
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About
Aphandra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the palm family native to the Amazon rainforest vegetation in South America. Its only species is Aphandra natalia, sometimes called mastodon palm or fiber palm, and is used by indigenous peoples in the construction of brooms and other products. This plant is commercially exploited for its edible fruits, and for its leaf sheath and petiole fibers. This fiber is almost equal to the fiber extracted from Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba, which is called piassava.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aphandra natalia
- Slug
- aphandra-natalia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Aphandra
- Species
- natalia
- Wikidata QID
- Q290458
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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