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Montrichardia arborescens
Near Laguna Negra - heaven to the hoatzins - The Montrichardia is the understory so there's a line of reflection at the bottom - the leaves of the plants directly above "orescens", for example - Above & the non-reflection the line of leaves is about 2/3rds way up photo - the heart shaped leaves & the thinner, almost ridged stems/trunks are the Montrichardia (Heaven to Hoatzins) - The leaves are most noticeable on the left & then reduce across the picture into the distance.
''Montrichardia arborescens'', the yautia madera, or moco-moco, is a tropical plant grows along river banks, swamps, or creeks to a maximum height of 9'. They consist of arrow shaped leaves that are food sources for animal species. The plant produces inflorescences which then leave a fruit of ''Montrichardia arborescens'' which is edible and can be cooked. Its fruiting spadices produces large infructescences, which contain about 80 edible yellow fruits.
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