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Chambira

Educational resources on Chambira

Chambira or Cebuella pygmaea is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Chambira

Academic web links for the Chambira.


Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Plant Profiles: Astrocaryum alatum, 30 Nov 04. Astrocaryum alatum (cf.) L-87_0414, 30 Nov 04.
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/digitallib/collections/hlaplants/

Chambria: Astrocaryum Chambira By: Ralph Sams. The chambira palm is essential
http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/biology/peru03/animals/chambira/chambirapage.html

Molecular Expressions: The Silicon Zoo - Hydrolycus: Known as the peixe-cachorra (dogfish) in Brazil, and chambira in Peru, these toothy
http://microscope.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/hydrolycus.html

NIgel Pitman: 2. Araliaceae, Dendropanax "delicate", 2. Arecaceae, Astrocaryum chambira, 4. Arecaceae,
http://www.duke.edu/web/ctc/staff/nigel%20pitman/Nigel_Ecuador_predictions.html

Spurlock Museum: Collections: ...girl's puberty ceremony. Bark cloth, untwisted chambira, cedro wood, eyes,
http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu:591/FMPro?-DB=artifacts&-Format=details.html&accession%20number=2000.01.0157&-Find

Spurlock Museum: Collections: Bark cloth sewn with untwisted chambira fiber, owl face, purple hair, rectangular
http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu:591/FMPro?-DB=artifacts&-Format=details.html&accession%20number=2000.01.0156&-Find







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