Attalea princeps

Botanical Description

Attalea princeps is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm growing 9 - 15 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 30cm or more in diameter; it is topped by a crown of leaves up to 5 metres long[ 769 Title A Taxonomic Treatment of the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae (Tribe Cocoeae) Publication Illinois Biological Monographs 59 Author Glassman S.F. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher University of Illinois Press; Chicago. Year 1999 ISBN 0-252-06786-X Description An in depth treatment of the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae. As well as a detailed study of the species, it also mentions various of their uses. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.