Reinhardtia simplex (H. Wendl.) Drude ex Dammer ex (Arecaceae)

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Perez, D., Espinoza, R., Guadamuz, A., Chavarría, F. and Masís, A. 1998. Reinhardtia simplex (Arecaceae) Species Page, July 9, 1998 . Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Palm. 1.2 m tall. Clustered stems.

Flower:

Fruit:

Ovoid fruit. Dark purple when mature. Penduncule is long and red.

Immature fruit	Mature fruits
Cross section of the fruit
Longitudinal section of the seed

Leaves:

Leaves simple and bifid in the apex. However, you can find leaves completly divided at the base, giving the impression of a compound leaf.

Entire and divided leaves

Bark and wood:

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

From Honduras to the South of Panama (Henderson et al., 1998)

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Pre-montane forests of the Atlantic watershed.

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the Corredor trail in the San Cristobal sector.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA. Thanks to Mike Grayum for the identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited:

Henderson, A., Galeano, G. & Bernal.R. 1998. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.

Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey.