巴拿马帽棕是一种无茎灌丛,叶片巨大形似扇棕叶,叶柄长5—6英尺。花及以后结的种子成球地着生于基部的短柄上。原产热带美洲,现已广泛栽植于厄瓜多尔和哥怆比亚等国的部分地区,取其叶可编织著名的巴拿马帽。巴拿马帽棕为多年生植物,3龄左右时生长最繁茂,每月割取刚刚展开的嫩叶一次。为便于加工处理,叶柄只留8—10英寸即可。 Panama cap palm is a stemless scrub, leaves huge fan-shaped palm leaves, petiole length 5-6 feet. Flowers and later knotted seeds borne on basal short stems. Native tropical Americas, has now been widely planted in parts of Ecuador and Colombia and other parts of the country, taking its leaves can weave the famous Panama hat. Panama hat brown perennials, about the age of 3 when the most prosperous growth, cut off just once a month young leaves. For ease of processing, petiole only 8-10 inches can be left.