Euterpe broadwayi, the manac, or manicol, is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Stems usually grow in a cluster and are 8–20 metres tall and 20–25 centimetres in diameter and bear 10–16 leaves.[1]
It is sometimes harvested for palm heart.[1]
Euterpe broadwayi is a small palm, usually with 2 or 3 stems that are grey in colour, 8to tall, and 20cmto25cmcm (10inchesto10inchescm) in diameter. The stem ends in a cone of roots that may be up to 2m (07feet) long.[2]
The species is found in Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and Dominica, on exposed mountain ridges and steep river valleys.[2]
. Andrew Henderson (botanist) . Gloria Galeano . Rodrigo Bernal . Rodrigo Bernal. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas . 1995 . Princeton University Press . Princeton, New Jersey. 978-0-691-08537-1 . Gloria Galeano .