Desmoncus polyacanthos

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Desmoncus polyacanthos.png

| genus = Desmoncus

| species = polyacanthos

| authority = Mart.

| synonyms =

Atitara polyacantha (Mart.) Kuntze

• of var. polyacanthos

Desmoncus macroacanthos Mart.

Desmoncus oxyacanthos Mart.

Desmoncus pycnacanthos Mart.

Desmoncus setosus Mart.

Desmoncus riparius Spruce

Desmoncus oligacanthus Barb.Rodr.

Desmoncus aereus Drude

Desmoncus leptoclonos Drude

Desmoncus phengophyllus Drude

Desmoncus polyacanthos var. cuspidatus Drude

Desmoncus polyacanthos var. oxyacanthos (Mart.) Drude

Desmoncus pycnacanthos var. sarmentosus Drude

Desmoncus caespitosus Barb.Rodr.

Desmoncus philippianus Barb.Rodr.

Atitara dubia Kuntze

Atitara macroacantha (Mart.) Kuntze

Atitara oligacantha (Barb.Rodr.) Kuntze

Atitara oxyacantha (Mart.) Kuntze

Atitara phengophylla (Drude) Kuntze

Atitara pycnacantha (Mart.) Kuntze

Atitara riparia (Spruce) Kuntze

Atitara setosa (Mart.) Kuntze

Desmoncus inermis Barb.Rodr.

Atitara aerea (Drude) Barb.Rodr.

Atitara caespitosa (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

Atitara inermis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

Atitara leptoclona (Drude) Barb.Rodr.

Atitara paraensis Barb.Rodr.

Atitara philippiana (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

Desmoncus paraensis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.

Desmoncus ulei Dammer

Desmoncus brevisectus Burret

Desmoncus campylacanthus Burret

Desmoncus dasyacanthus Burret

Desmoncus latisectus Burret

Desmoncus longisectus Burret

Desmoncus prestoei L.H.Bailey

Desmoncus peraltus L.H.Bailey

Desmoncus maguirei L.H.Bailey

Desmoncus mirandanus L.H.Bailey

Desmoncus duidensis Steyerm.

• of var. prunifer

Desmoncus prunifer Poepp. ex Mart.

Atitara prunifera (Poepp. ex Mart.) Kuntze

}}

Desmoncus polyacanthos, the jacitara palm,{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257372487 |title= Properties of an Amazonian vegetable fiber as a potential reinforcing material|access-date=2017-11-18 |format= }} is a spiny, climbing palm native to the southern Caribbean and tropical South America. Stems grow clustered together, and are 2–12 m long and 0.5–2 cm in diameter. Petioles, rachis, cirrus and peduncular bracts are covered with short, curved spines.{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |author-link= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |author2=Gloria Galeano |author2-link=Gloria Galeano |author3=Rodrigo Bernal |author3-link=Rodrigo Bernal |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 }} Two varieties are recognised: D. polyacanthos var. polyacanthos{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60415&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=60415&status=true |title=Desmoncus polyacanthos var. polyacanthos |access-date=2007-10-03 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and D. polyacanthos var. prunifer (Poepp. ex Mart.) A.J.Hend.{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60416&repSynonym_id=60419&name_id=60416&status=true |title=Desmoncus polyacanthos var. prunifer |access-date=2007-10-03 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Desmoncus polyacanthos is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60414&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=60414&status=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802164516/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60414&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=60414&status=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=Desmoncus polyacanthos |access-date=2007-10-03 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }} The stems are used for baskets and sieves.