Description: The thorny Chambira Palm of the western Amazon Basin. A source of edible fruit, thatching material and fibers. Sacha Reserve, eastern Ecuador. Date: 4 July 2015, 19:21. Source: Astrocaryum chambira. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.
Description: The fruit of the Chambira Palm have an edible interior, and are used in folk medicine. Photo from eastern Ecuador. Date: 4 July 2015, 19:08. Source: Astrocaryum chambira. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.