Palms of Santo Domingo, Ecuador (coastal region)

[Condor]

Hello,

My project calls for identifying and using the names of three or four common palm trees in this coastal region of Ecuador. I’m also looking for the common name for a type of palm tree there that towers over the other plants in the rain forrest. 
The tree names wil be used to add a bit of color and authenticity to a novel.

Thank you!
 

[realarch]

I would think Dictyocaryum, Wettinia, Iriartea, Socratea, and Geonoma would be a few. Not sure if Astrocaryum grows on the western side of the Andes, but A. chambira is a beautiful monster of a palm tree.

Tim

[Tracy]

3 minutes ago, realarch said:

I would think Dictyocaryum, Wettinia, Iriartea, Socratea, and Geonoma would be a few. Not sure if Astrocaryum grows on the western side of the Andes, but A. chambira is a beautiful monster of a palm tree.

Tim

Tim, you should share a few photos of your specimens with Condor, so he can visualize what he is writing about. 

[Frond-friend42]

Wettinia quinaria, Socratea hecatonandra I believe are the taller ones. Prestoea decurrens is there with other smalls. I believe the euterpes (oleracea and precatoria) are other tall ones. 

Th