Welfia regia H.Wendl., Gard. Chron. 1869: 1236 (1869)

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)
Colombia present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Costa Rica present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Ecuador present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Honduras present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Nicaragua present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Panamá present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Central America to Ecuador W of the Andes, with an isolated population in E Andes of Peru. In Ecuador it is abundant in a narrow belt of forest in the W lowlands. (Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador)A

Description

  • Canopy palm. Stem solitary, to 15 m tall, 10-20 cm in diameter. Leaves erect, 4-6 m long, usually arching and with the rachis twisting so that the distal part of the leaf stand in a vertical plane; pinnae to 100 on each side, the central ones to 1 m long and 5-10 cm wide, with several prominent secondary veins; developing leaves reddish green. Inflorescence with a short axis bearing 5-12 pendulous, angled branches, 2-3 cm in diameter; flower pits usually arranged in 8 longitudinal rows. Flowers cream coloured, slightly bilabiate, ca. 1 cm long, with 30-45 stamens or staminodes, respectively. Fruits reddish brown, almond shaped, flattened, ca. 3 cm long. (Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador)A

Use Record

  • Welfia regia H.Wendl.: El piso, las paredes y el techo de las viviendas rurales del Pacífico son construidos con materiales de diferentes especies de palmas. En las tierras bajas, el material más usado para los pisos son los tallos hendidos de la barrigona (Iriartea deltoidea) ; para las paredes se usan los tallos de la zancona o de la memé, igualmente hendidos; el techo se hace comúnmente con las hojas del amargo y el caballete se refuerza con las hojas de la cuchilleja (Geonoma calyptrogynoidea). (Bernal, R., and G. Galeano 1993: Las palmas del andén Pacífico.)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Utensils and ToolsDomesticSpear leafIndigenousNot specifiedColombia
    ConstructionThatchEntire leafIndigenousNot specifiedColombia
  • Welfia regia H.Wendl.: Tallo, cogollo, semilla. (IIAP 2008: Investigación aplicada e implementación de buenas prácticas para el aprovechamiento y transformación sostenible de materias primas vegetales de uso artesanal en los Departamentos de Valle y Chocó)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Utensils and ToolsOtherSeedsAfro-AmericanoN/AColombia
    Utensils and ToolsOtherStemAfro-AmericanoN/AColombia
    Utensils and ToolsOtherSpear leafAfro-AmericanoN/AColombia
  • Welfia georgii H.Wendl.: Artesanía-escobas, construcción viviendas, techos, pilotes, alimento. Cogollo, hojas, Estípite, frutos. (García Cossio, F., Y.A. Ramos, J.C. Palacios, and A. Ríos 2002: La familia Arecaceae, recurso promisorio para la economía en el Departamento del Chocó (as Welfia georgii H.Wendl.))
  • Welfia georgii H.Wendl.: Con las hojas se elaboran escobas y se techan casas. (Pino, N., and H. Valois 2004: Ethnobotany of Four Black Communities of the Municipality of Quibdo, Choco - Colombia. (as Welfia georgii H.Wendl.))
  • Welfia georgii H.Wendl.: Las hojas de esta palma, que son resistentes y duraderas, son utilizadas para techar. (Galeano, G., R. Bernal 1987: Palmas del Departamento de Antioquia, Región de Antioquia, Región Occidental (as Welfia georgii H.Wendl.))
  • Welfia georgii H.Wendl.: Leaves used as thatch for roofs of Indian houses ( Scheelea sp., Geonoma spp., Phytelephas microcarpa, Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exorrhiza, Welfia georgii, Catoblastus aequalis). (Balslev, H., and A. Barfod 1987: Ecuadorean palms- an overview (as Welfia georgii H.Wendl.))

Bibliography

    A. Borchsenius F., Borgtoft-Pedersen H. and Baslev H. 1998. Manual to the Palms of Ecuador. AAU Reports 37. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Catalica del Ecuador
    B. World Checklist of Arecaceae