PACSOA - Geonoma schottiana

Palms

Geonoma schottiana

Synonymy:
Unknown
Common Names:
Aricanga (local name)
Distribution:
South to southeast Brazil.
Habitat:
Montane rainforest, between 400 and 1500m.
Description:
This is a small to medium sized single trunked or occasionally clumping, pinnate palm between 1 and 5m tall. It has 7-12 fronds,60-100cm long and 30-50cm wide, sickle shaped leaflets with 3 prominent nervures or ribs, and brown-red inflorescences with 0.8-1cm black fruits.

Culture:
They grow in deep shade near little streams in an acid sandy soil. Their roots are always moist, sometimes in streaming water! They are cold hardy to -7°C (19.4°F) and they dont tolerate transplanting well. All in all a very attractive addition for sub-tropical and temperate gardeners.

Figure 1. G. schottiana , with Hendrik and Mark.
In habitat, Carambe (1100m altitude)- state Paran, Brazil.

Figure 2. G. schottiana with a bend.
Figure 3. Taller specimen.

Figure 4. G. schottiana infructescence
Figure 5. G. schottiana

Contributed by: Alberto Leonardo Barkema (Figure 1,2,3,4&5)

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Synonymy: Unknown Common Names: Aricanga (local name) Distribution: South to southeast Brazil. Habitat: Montane rainforest, between 400 and 1500m. Description: This is a small to medium sized single trunked or occasionally clumping, pinnate palm between 1 and 5m tall. It has 7-12 fronds,60-100cm long and 30-50cm wide, sickle shaped leaflets with 3 prominent nervures or ribs, and brown-red inflorescences with 0.8-1cm black fruits. Culture: They grow in deep shade near little streams in an acid sandy soil. Their roots are always moist, sometimes in streaming water! They are cold hardy to -7°C (19.4°F) and they dont tolerate transplanting well. All in all a very attractive addition for sub-tropical and temperate gardeners.	Figure 1. G. schottiana , with Hendrik and Mark. In habitat, Carambe (1100m altitude)- state Paran, Brazil.

Figure 2. G. schottiana with a bend.	Figure 3. Taller specimen.

Figure 4. G. schottiana infructescence	Figure 5. G. schottiana