Palms   Acrocomia hassleri

Synonymy: Several Common Names: Unknown Distribution: Brazil and Paraguay Habitat: Open savannah. Description: A small acaulescent palm with thin grass-like leaflets. General: Very rare. Culture: Unknown in cultivation. From its habitat it would like a sunny, moist, but well drained position. Probably drought and frost tolerant.

Figure 1. A. hassleri in habitat, Brazil

Figure 2. A. hassleri inflorescence

Contributed by:

Emerson Rogrio Salviani (Figure 1&2)

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