OBSERVATIONS: As in B. hieronymi, the young stems are consumed by the indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. In the quechua-speaking areas the plant is known as "chaguar" while in "guarani dominated" areas the species is called "caraguata" or "garabata" (ARENAS & ARROYO 1988).
The Bromelia species with the widest distribution. It is found in lowland dry forests, as well as in dry to semihumid inter-Andean valleys and the montane Chaco and the TucumanoBolivian forest,
