Arecaceae

Cashapona

Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Socratea

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Common names

By language (15)

Arabic: سوقراطيا إيكزورهيزا, النخلة الماشية
Armenian: Քայլող արմավենի
arz: سوقراطيا ايكزورهيزا
Chinese: 高跷椰
Dutch: Wandelpalm
English: Cashapona, Walking palm, Curly stilt root palm, Stilt palm
French: Palmier marcheur, Palmier à échasses
Georgian: Სოკრატეა ეგზორიზა
German: Laufende Palme, Laufender Baum, Wanderpalme
Guarani: Patiýua
Persian: نخل راهرونده
Spanish: Palmera que camina
Telugu: సొక్రాటియా ఎక్సోర్హిజా
Turkish: Yürüyen palmiye
Ukrainian: Сократея голокоренева

Synonyms

Iriartea durissima Oerst.
Iriartea exorrhiza Mart.
Iriartea exorrhiza var. elegans (H.Karst.) Drude
Iriartea exorrhiza var. orbignyana (Blume ex Mart.) Drude
Iriartea orbignyana Blume ex Mart.
Iriartea philonotia Barb.Rodr.
Socratea albolineata Steyerm.
Socratea durissima (Oerst.) H.Wendl.
Socratea elegans H.Karst.
Socratea gracilis Burret
Socratea hoppii Burret
Socratea macrochlamys Burret
Socratea orbignyana (Blume ex Mart.) H.Karst.
Socratea philonotia (Barb.Rodr.) Benth. & Hook.f.

Photos

Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.