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This highly variable species is widespread in Amazonia, the Guianas, and in some valleys in the northern Andes. It is widely used to thatch houses and huts used for processing manioc flour.
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Smith, N. (2015). Geonoma maxima . In: Palms and People in the Amazon. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05509-1_38
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