🌳Amazonian Plant Medicine
Chaja (Huacrapona Palm)
Iriartea deltoidea
About Chaja (Huacrapona Palm)
Chaja (Huacrapona Palm) (Iriartea deltoidea) is a herb used in the Amazonian Plant Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Fever, Wound Healing, and Skin Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Iriartea is a genus in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Central and South America. The best-known species – and probably the only one – is Iriartea deltoidea, which is found from Nicaragua south into Bolivia and a great portion of Western Amazonian basin. It is the most common tree in many forests in which it occurs. It is known by such names as bombona (which can also refer to other palms, e.g. Attalea regia) or...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both