Iriartea deltoidea

COMMON NAME	Stilt, Copa or Barrigona Palm
TYPE	​Palm
FAMILY	​Arecaceae
NOTES	A single-stemmed palm tree growing up to 30 metres tall, with a dense cone of black stilt roots at its base.  Provides a very hard, rot-resistant timber. Used by the local indians for housing; the logs are split, the spongy centre removed, and the hard outer trunk is used for flooring.
GEOGRAPHIC REGION	Nicaragua to Panama, and in other places in South America as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil
NATIVE HABITAT	Wet rainforest or seasonally wet forest in low montane locations
WEB SOURCES	https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Iriartea_deltoidea http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Iriartea+deltoidea https://www.pacsoa.org.au/wiki/Iriartea_deltoidea