Aechmea lingulata

Aechmea lingulata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles etc.), Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.

Two varieties are recognized:


 * 1) Aechmea lingulata var. lingulata - most of species range
 * 2) Aechmea lingulata var. patentissima (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. - eastern Brazil

History
Indigenous people were the first to use this plant in their traditions. Currently, the Fulni-Ô people, from brazilian northeast, still use this plant in their traditional medicine and to make tools.