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COLOMBIA'S WAX PALM
WAX PALM
COLOMBIA'S WAX PALM
BY:
Juliana Martínez Cárdenas
Ceroxylon quindiuense en el Valle de Cocora, Quindío, Colombia. Foto de Diego Torquemada *. Tomado de commons.wikimedia.org
CHARACTERISTICS
Like all species of the genus Ceroxylon ("wax wood" in Greek), the Quindio wax palm has a cylindrical trunk covered with a white wax marked by scars left by the foliar bases. It is also the highest palm in the world, reaching up to 60 m in height or even more
https://es.123rf.com/photo_41746043_cyrtostachys-renda-sellado-palma-de-cera-l%C3%A1piz-labial-de-palma-raja-de-palma-.html
UBICATION
This palm tree, which belongs to the species Ceroxylon quindiuense, is the national tree of Colombia and native to the Cocora Valley, a high valley of the Andean region in the department of Quindío, Colombia, from where it was considered basically endemic. However, a significant population was recently found to the south in the Andes of northern Peru.
https://www.fincasturisticasdelquindio.com/salento-quindio-tourist-sites/senderismo-valle-cocora-salento-avistamiento-aves/
USES
It was a very abundant species in Colombia, but its population was
already shrinking due to several activities such as:
-The manufacture of candles in the nineteenth century
-The use of its leaves for Sundays of bouquets
-They were replaced by pastures for cattle
Affecting other species
http://www.diorizella.com/2010/10/velas-en-cera-de-palma.html