Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. precatoria GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Euterpe

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Arecoideae

Tribe:

Euterpeae

Nomen number:

411022

Verified:

06/01/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Euterpe precatoria Mart. (0 active accession[s])
Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. longevaginata (Mart.) A. J. Hend. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Euterpe stenophylla Trail ex Thurn

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Reference(s)

Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

Portuguese (Brazil)
açaí –
açaí-do-Amazonas –
açaí-do-terra-firma –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Anzoategui
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Bolivar
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Monagas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Zulia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Pando
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Caquetá
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vaupés
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vichada
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona Santiago
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cusco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Pasco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolivar, Monagas, Zulia]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz], Colombia [Amazonas, Caquetá, Meta, Vaupés, Vichada], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo], Peru [Amazonas, Cusco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	beverage base	fide Palms Amazon; http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/v0784e/v0784e0b.htm,	Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Human food	fruit	fide Palms Amazon; http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/docrep/v0784e/v0784e0b.htm,	Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.

Taxon: Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. precatoria