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Iriartea is a genus of palms with a single species, Iriartea deltoidea, a tall canopy tree of Central and South American rainforests, recognized by its swollen trunk and dense stilt roots. It is rarely grown as a houseplant and is mainly a forest and timber species.
Iriartea is a genus in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to Central and northern and central South America. The genus includes only the one species, Iriartea deltoidea, which is found from Nicaragua, south into Bolivia and a great portion of the western Amazon basin. It is a common tree in many forests in which it occurs. This species is sometimes referred to as "the devil's penis tree" due to the resemblance of the tree's young prop roots to large, erect, black penises.
The fruit are also eaten by humans, and the wood is used for construction and in handicraft.
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