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Syagrus petraea
| Synonymy: Unknown | Distribution: Cerrado (savannah-like vegetation) in Brazil, eastern Bolivia and Paraguay, in sandy to red clayey soils |
| Common names: Coco de vassoura, ariri (Brazil); palma de las rocas (Bolivia); guriri (Paraguay) | Conservation status: Widespread and common, growing under planted Pinus forest (half-shaded) and open cerrado fields |
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Adult plants in habitat
Inflorescence
This species is native
to Brazil’s cerrado (savannah-like vegetation). It is very common,
but it is not cultivated.
Stems are solitary or clustered, short and subterranean, 1.0–1.5 m tall. Leaves
bluish-green above, satiny whitish on the lower surface.
Seeds are very difficult to obtain, because insects and rodents predate most of
them.
Photos courtesy and copyright © 2003, João C. Geraldo; taken in habitat near Brotas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
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