Attalea colenda — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Attalea

At a glance

Occurrence records158

Data sources6

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Attalea colenda's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility158 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS8 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF158 records

01Narrative

Attalea colenda is a species of palm tree native to Colombia and Ecuador.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology7

Fruit length50 mm

Fruit length max60 mm

Fruit length min40 mm

Fruit width35 mm

Leaf length max12 500 mm

Plant height25 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 25 m · TRY: 29.38 m

Plant height max30 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max200 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourbrown

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits5

Dbh max60 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Shoot length max3 500 cm

Shoot orientationerect

03Chemical composition8 compounds

Compounds documented for Attalea colenda across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking

Compound class profile2 classes

Branched fatty acids $ Unsaturated fatty acids5

Unsaturated fatty acids3

Documented compounds8 total

Compound	Amount	Source
Decanoic acid	present	LOTUS
Dodecanoic acid	present	LOTUS
Linonelic acid	present	LOTUS
myristate	present	LOTUS
Octanoic acid	present	LOTUS
oleate	present	LOTUS
palmitate	present	LOTUS
stearate	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type158 records

Wild obs. + sensor104

Museum / vouchered54

Origin

Native22

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO336 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 22>10 km 39

61 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor104

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 22

22 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence54

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Xiamen, CN	12
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	11
Aarhus, DK	9
Saint Louis, US	6
Bronx, US	5
Kew, GB	3
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record	2
Loja, EC	1
Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record	1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 51 of 54 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code