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Economic Botany Collections

Richard Spruce Collection

Families: Palmae

Comb made partly from Bacaba Palm

PALMAE

Wood

PALMAE Astrocaryum gynacanthum

Fruits

PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare

Fruits

PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare

Rings made of the seeds

PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare

Rope

PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare

Spadix

PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare

Small bucket of calabash

PALMAE Attalea funifera

Spathe

PALMAE Attalea sp

Quiver

PALMAE Attalea sp

Fruits

PALMAE Attalea spectabilis

Fruits

PALMAE Bactris acanthocarpa

Fruits

PALMAE Bactris bidentula

Fruits

PALMAE Bactris bifida

Fruit

PALMAE Bactris concinna

Portion of Stem & Spadix

PALMAE Bactris concinna

Female spadix

PALMAE Bactris maraja

Fruits

PALMAE Elaeis oleifera

Carane, spadix with fruit

PALMAE Elaeis oleifera

Male Spadix of Caiane

PALMAE Elaeis oleifera

Fruits

PALMAE Euterpe catinga

Spadices

PALMAE Euterpe edulis

Wood

PALMAE Euterpe sp

Fruits

PALMAE Euterpe sp

Fruits and Portion of Spadix

PALMAE Geonoma baculifera

Fruits & Portion of Spadix

PALMAE Geonoma baculifera

Spadix and fruits

PALMAE Iriartea deltoidea

Poisoned Arrows

PALMAE Iriartea exorrhiza

Wood

PALMAE Iriartella setigera

Quiver with POISON arrows.

PALMAE Jessenia bataua

Wood and leaves

PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba

Fruits

PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba

Piassaba Fibre

PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba

Brushes from Piassaba fibre

PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba

Petioles

PALMAE Leopoldinia piassaba

Wood

PALMAE Leopoldinia pulchra

Fruits

PALMAE Leopoldinia pulchra

Fruits

PALMAE Leopoldinia pulchra

Wood

PALMAE Mauritia flexuosa

Wood

PALMAE Mauritia flexuosa

Fruits

PALMAE Mauritia flexuosa

Fruits

PALMAE Mauritia flexuosa

Fruits and seeds

PALMAE Mauritia sp

Wood

PALMAE Mauritiella armata

Fruits

PALMAE Mauritiella armata

Leaf

PALMAE Mauritiella armata

Fruits

PALMAE Mauritiella armata

Spadix

PALMAE Mauritiella armata

Fruits

PALMAE Oenocarpus bacaba

Poisoned arrows made from spines

PALMAE Oenocarpus batana

POISONED Arrows

PALMAE Oenocarpus bataua

Stem and Spadix of Bacaba-i

PALMAE Oenocarpus minor

Spadix

PALMAE Oenocarpus minor

Portion of Spadix of Patana Palm

PALMAE Oenocarpus sp

Curoa Palm

PALMAE Orbignya spectabilis

'Ollitas' Models made of Vegetable Ivory

PALMAE Phytelephas macrocarpa

Fruits

PALMAE Phytelephas macrocarpa

Seeds

PALMAE Socratea exorrhiza

Fruiting Spadix

PALMAE Socratea exorrhiza

Fruiting Spadix

PALMAE Socratea exorrhiza

Portion of stem

PALMAE Socratea sp

Spadices

PALMAE Wettinia maynensis

Spadix

PALMAE Wettinia maynensis

 

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