Fig. 1.

Indigenous knowledge of plant services. Daily life in indigenous communities where palm products play a central role: (1) Macuna using Astrocaryum jauari fruits as fish bait. (2) Tikuna selling a souvenir bow made from Iriartea deltoidea stem. (3) Carijona using Iriartella setigera blowgun to hunt. (4) Edible beetle grubs from the felled and decaying stems of Bactris gasipaes. (5) Yucuna using mortar made from the stem of Bactris gasipaes to pound coca leaves that are ritually chewed. (6) Split Socratea exorrhiza stems as house walls and floors. (7) Embera house thatched with Welfia regia. (8) Cofán extracting edible oil from Oenocarpus bataua fruits. (9) Achuar eating Mauritia flexuosa fruits. (10) Tsa’chila playing the marimba instrument made from Iriartea deltoidea stems. Image courtesy of Susana Cámara-Leret (artist).