Palms   Iriartea deltoidea

Common Names: Stilt Palm, Copa Palm, Barrigona Palm, Huacrapona (local name) Distribution & Habitat: South American rainforest. Description: Very attractive, tall, stilt rooted palm to 30m, with dark green plumose leaves, a green/yellowish crownshaft, and a white, ventricose trunk. General: Provides a very hard, rot-resistant timber. Used by the local indians for housing; the logs are split, the spongy centre removed, and the hard outer trunk is used for flooring. Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist. Very tropical in its requirements.	Figure 1. I. deltoidea poking above the canopy.
Figure 2. Looking up into a I. deltoidea .	Figure 3. I. deltoidea inflorescence, and infructescence.

Figure 4. I. deltoidea from Arenal Volcano hanging bridge tour (this bridge was 60 - 80 feet off the ground below).

Figure 5. I. deltoidea at Arenal Volcano north-western Costa Rica.

Figure 6. I. deltoidea showing the lovely plumose leaf.

Figure 7. I. deltoidea leaflet detail.

Figure 8. I. deltoidea stilt roots

Contributed by:	Jeff Anderson (Figure 1,4,5,6,7&8)
	Trinidad Bob (Figure 2&3)

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