Ammandra
Ammandra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the palm family found in Colombia and Ecuador,[2] where it is endangered.In male plants, the inflorescence is a long spike covered in short branches of white to yellow flowers, the female's being much shorter and more compact.[3] The type species described by Cook was Ammandra decasperma; a similar population was found being geographically separated and with minor flower differences and was designated A. dasyneura (Burret).The genus name translates from Greek to "sand man", because "The stamens are minute and have the appearance of small grains of sand scattered over the surface of the receptacles",[5] and the species epithet derives from two Latin words meaning "ten" and "seed", describing the maximum number of seeds per fruit.Ammandra is not common in cultivation outside its natural range but when grown, it requires wet and warm conditions resembling the rain forest and will not tolerate full sun when young.