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 8âÂÂ20 metres tall and 20âÂÂ25 centimetres in diameter and bear 10âÂÂ16 leaves.
It is sometimes harvested for palm heart.
Euterpe broadwayi is a small palm, usually with 2 or 3 stems that are grey in colour, tall, and in diameter. The stem ends in a cone of roots that may be up to long.
The species is found in Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and Dominica, on exposed mountain ridges and steep river valleys.