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Taxon:  Bactris gasipaes Kunth var. gasipaes



Summary
Genus:
Bactris
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Bactridinae
Nomen number:
6254
Verified:
05/02/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Bactris gasipaes Kunth (0 active accession[s])
Bactris gasipaes Kunth var. chichagui (H. Karst.) A. J. Hend. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L. H. Bailey
Guilielma speciosa Mart.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bactris speciosa (Mart.) H. Karst.
Bactris speciosa (Mart.) H. Karst. var. speciosa
Bactris utilis (Oerst.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.
Guilielma utilis Oerst.
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Reference(s)
  1. Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clemenet. 1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 154.
  2. Balick, M. J. & H. T. Beck, eds. 1990. Useful palms of the world. A synoptical bibliography 364, 402.
  3. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Guilielma
  4. Gilbert, B. 1995. Economic plants of the Amazon. Chemistry of the Amazon: biodiversity, natural products, and environmental issues 19-33.
  5. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  6. Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
  7. Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
  8. Henderson, A. 2000. Bactris (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79:71.
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  11. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:129.
  12. Mora-Urpí, J. et al. 1997. Peach palm: Bactris gasipaes Kunth. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 20:1-83.
  13. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  14. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  15. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:100.
  16. Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 44:215-226.
Common names
English
peach palm –
French
palmier pêche –
parépou –
German
Pfirsichpalme –
Portuguese (Brazil)
pupunha –
Spanish
gachipaes –
masato –
pejibaye –
Spanish (Colombia)
chonta –
Spanish (Peru)
pijuayo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedSouthern America South America n.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America  
Cultivated
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America
  • REGION: South America (n.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitas Bactris gasipaesRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodoil/fatas Bactris gasipaesRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodstarchas Bactris gasipaesRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human foodvegetableas Bactris gasipaesRehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Medicinesfolkloreas Bactris gasipaesMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6254. Accessed 7 May 2025.