
Iriartella is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states). The Nukak people of Colombia use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.
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Common Name: palme de San Juan
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Iriartella is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states). The Nukak people of Colombia use Iriartella setigera to fashion blowguns.
==Species== Iriartella stenocarpa Burret Iriartella setigera (Mart.) H.Wendl.
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