Attalea burretiana

Botanical Description

Attalea burretiana is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm growing from 10 - 30 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 35 - 40cm in diameter; it is topped by a crown of leaves that can be up to 10 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.