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Panama hat plant

botany

Also known as: Carludovica palmata, Panama hat palm, iraca

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classification

In Cyclanthaceae
Panama hat palm order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, which has 11 genera of mostly stemless, perennial, palmlike herbs, woody herbaceous shrubs, and climbing vines that are distributed in Central America and tropical South America.
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South America

In South America: Specialized cash crops
The iraca, a plant with the appearance of a stemless palm, is cultivated in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador. Its fibres, extracted from young leaves, are woven into Panama hats.
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