Jessenia H.Karst.

  • Filed As

    Arecaceae
    Jessenia

  • Collector(s)

    J. L. Zarucchi 1841 with D.C. Daly, J.A. Padilla, 12 Jul 1976

  • Location

    Colombia. Vaupés. On high groud off Kubiyu River.

  • Description

    Palm 24 m tall,old trunk trunk 84 cm in circumference at 1 m from ground, leaves pinnate 5.9 m long, 216 pinnae. Flower spathe borne 17.65m from ground, 1.6 m long by 16 cm wide at center.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Trunk of this tree so hard that it broke a piece of the axe.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05104589

    Occurrence ID: 2c69a076-fb5b-4386-828c-b22d491b180c

  • Level 1 Use

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Edible Insect

  • Use Notes

    This tree will be cut down by local inhabitants as it does not bear anymore. Two months later these people will return and collect the insects that infest the rotting trunk, "mojojoi" (Calandra palmarum ?) to eat.

STUDIES IN THE GENUS JESSENIA
Colombia:	Vaupes
Jessenia
Palm 2^ m tall, on high ground off Kubiyu
River. Old tree, not bearing much any more,
trunk 84- cm *in	ciucumferenee at 1	m	from
ground,	leaves	pinnate, 5.9 m long,	216
pinnae.	Flower	spathe borne 17.65	m	from
ground,	1.60’m	long by 16 cm wide	at center.
This tree will be cut down by local inhabitants
as it does not bear well anymore. Two months
later these people will return and collect
the insects that infest the rotting trunk,
'mojojoi* (Calandra palmarum ?)to eat.
Trunk of this tree so hard that it broke
a piece off the axe.
'Ya-vee-co-ha-nu* in Cubeo language
A revision of the Oenocarpus-fessenia (Palmae) Complex
Jessenia bataua (Mart.) Burret
det. Michael J. Balick	/¡g
(Jessenia study No. 76-13)
July 12,1976
James L. Zarucchi No. 18*14, Michael J. Balick
Hector Julio Koyos and Felipe Ramos
Research carried out in collaboration with Centro de Desarrollo integrado
"Las Gaviotas", Jardín Botánico ' Joaquín Antonio Uribe” and Instituto
de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
05104589