Acrocomia totai

[caixeta]

Presents a smoot stem and devoid of the remnants of te bases of the leaves as in Acrocomia aculeata . Photos in habitat in Mato Grosso do Sul , In the city of Bonito. Trunk and fruit .

[caixeta]

Monkey-hole waterfall

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Here is a pic of a baby totai  (dade city). Notice the spines already present on the first leaf. 

[richnorm]

I was wondering why mine has so few spines on the trunk.Seems they increase with height. Those leaf base scars are cool.  Thanks for the photos.

[Sanips]

Nice pics, one of my favourite palms. I've two small seedings (emerging the first leaf) from @TexasColdHardyPalms and there're already showing spines too. I'm a big fan of your habitat pics, thank you for showing us the lushness of your country.

[Phoenikakias]

Why do you write in the title totai and in your initial post aculeata? Besides I thought that totai is was the bolivian ecotype of aculeata, while you refer to a brasilian habitat...

[Sanips]

5 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Why do you write in the title totai and in your initial post aculeata? Besides I thought that totai is was the bolivian ecotype of aculeata, while you refer to a brasilian habitat...

It's natural distribution is supposed to be Bolivia, South of Brazil and North of Argentina.

[Gileno Machado]

 

[caixeta]

11 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

 

The region is close to the border with Bolivia . Tomorrow I will take photos of the Acrocomia aculeata trunks ( with remnants of the base of the leaves ) and Acrocomia totai has smooth trunks.

[caixeta]

On 16/10/2017 09:45:04, Phoenikakias said:

Why do you write in the title totai and in your initial post aculeata? Besides I thought that totai is was the bolivian ecotype of aculeata, while you refer to a brasilian habitat...

Trunks , fronds and fruits : Acrocomia aculeata.  Very different from Acrocomia aculeata.

[caixeta]

Fruits with pulp of Acrocomia totai ( more sweet and less oil content than Acrocomia aculeata )