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'''''Iriartea''''' is a [[genus]] in the palm family [[Arecaceae]], native to [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. The best-known [[species]] – and probably the only one – is '''''Iriartea deltoidea''''', which is found from [[Nicaragua]] south into [[Bolivia]]. It is the most common tree in many forests in which it occurs.
These palms are canopy [[tree]]s growing to 20-35 m tall. ''I. deltoidea'' is easily recognized by the prominent bulge in the center of its trunk, and the stilt roots, which form a dense cone up to 1 m in diameter at the base. It can thus be easily be distinguished from ''[[Socratea exorrhiza]]'' (which also bears stilt roots), as the stilt roots of the former are much less tightly appressed upon one another. The [[leaf|leaves]] are up to 5 m long, and pinnate. The numerous [[pinna]]e are fan-shaped, and held in various planes. The [[fruit]] is a 2-cm diameter [[drupe]], and primarily dispersed by [[bat]]s.
The fruit are also eaten by humans, and the wood is used for construction and in [[handicraft]].<ref name = marincorbaetal2005 />
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Iriartea (after Bernard Iriarte). Palmaceae. Tall spineless palms, with cylindrical or swollen stems supported on a pyramid of exposed roots.
Iriartea (after Bernard Iriarte). Palmaceae. Tall spineless palms, with cylindrical or swollen stems supported on a pyramid of exposed roots.
==Varieties==
==Species==
Almost all species at one time placed in ''Iriartea'' have now been moved elsewhere or placed in [[synonym (botany)|synonym]]y with ''I. deltoidea''. ''[[Dictyocaryum]]'', ''[[Iriartella]]'', ''[[Socratea]]'' and ''[[Wettinia]]'' were split off from the ''Iriartea'' but are close relatives, together with the present genus forming the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Iriarteeae]]. Less closely related palms which were at one time presumed to be Iriarteeae are members of the genera ''[[Ceroxylon]]'', ''[[Drymophloeus]]'', and the [[monotypic]] ''[[Deckenia nobilis]]''.<ref name = govaertsetal2008 />
There remain a few somewhat dubious [[taxa]], published in ''L'Illustration Horticole'' in 1881. These may be synonyms or good species, but probably the former:<ref name = govaertsetal2008 />
* ''Iriartea affinis'' <small>H.Karst. ex Linden</small>
* ''Iriartea costata'' <small>Linden</small>
* ''Iriartea glaucescens'' <small>Linden</small>
* ''Iriartea pygmaea'' <small>Linden (''[[nomen nudum]]'')</small>
* ''Iriartea xanthorhiza'' <small> Klotzsch ex Linden</small>
* ''Iriartea zamorensis'' <small>Linden</small>
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
