Chamaedorea cataractarum
COMMON NAME | Cat Palm or
cataract palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A small, attractive,
trunkless, clumping palm, with flexible long thin leaflets is an adaption
that allows as little resistance as possible to flowing water, helping to
prevent it from being washed away during floods. As the trunk grows, it
creeps across the ground helping to anchor the plant even more securely
against the forces of water. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southern Mexico and Central America |
NATIVE HABITAT | Moist or wet forest
along or in streams and cataracts on the Atlantic slope; alt. 300-1,000 m
elevation; usually on limestone. |
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