The tucumã-açu palm may not have as many thorns per square centimeter as the mumbaca palm (earlier post) but they are larger and very rigid. I tell visitors to Bosque Santa Lúcia that they don't want to back into this palm. I believe that Indians of the Amazon use these thorns for points on their arrows.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Tucumã-açu thorns
The tucumã-açu palm may not have as many thorns per square centimeter as the mumbaca palm (earlier post) but they are larger and very rigid. I tell visitors to Bosque Santa Lúcia that they don't want to back into this palm. I believe that Indians of the Amazon use these thorns for points on their arrows.
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