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Chelyocarpus ulei
Species of palm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chelyocarpus ulei is a species of palm tree that is native to the western Amazon.
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Description
Chelyocarpus ulei is a single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves. The stem is 1 to 8 metres (3 ft 3.4 in to 26 ft 3.0 in) tall and 4 to 7 centimetres (1.6 to 2.8 in) in diameter.[2] The plant is found in rainforest regions, usually under the 500m elevation. It is prevalent in Northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] It is harvested to make salt from the burned ashes of the trunk.[4]
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Taxonomy
Chelyocarpus ulei was described by Carl Dammer in 1920.[1]
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