Euterpe montana

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Euterpe montana, R. Graham. St. 10 ft. high, swollen at the base, ringed: Lvs. 9 ft. long, elliptical-obovate: segms. lanceolate, entire, glabrous, alternate; petiole 2 ft. long, scaly beneath, unarmed; rachis plano-convex below, subtriangular toward the apex: spadices several on the trunk at one time, axillary, much branched; fls. numerous, white. Grenada. B.M. 3874.—Intro, into Botanic Garden at Edinburgh in 1815. Jared G. Smith. N. Taylor. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.