Euterpe oleracea
Mart.
Original
reference:
Hist. nat. palm. 2: 29 (1824)
Morphology:
Canopy palm. Stems clustered, to 20 m tall 10-20 cm in diameter. Leaves to 4 m long; crownshaft bluish green; petiole green, glabrous; pinnae to 100 on each side, regularly inserted, narrow, strongly pendulous, the central ones 60-110 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. Inflorescence erect, with axis 40-100 cm long; branches to 150, usually inserted on all sides of the rachis, to 70 cm long, 3-4 mm in diameter, densely covered with short, whitish brown hairs. Fruits black, globose, 1-2 cm in diameter. Endosperm ruminate. Seedling leaves deeply bifid.
Distribution:
Coastal regions in Brazil, Guyanas, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, in tidal fresh water swamps and in regularly inundated areas along rivers and streams. In Ecuador it is abundant in the river delta region in the NW (San Lorenzo, Borbón).
Common
names:
Mamba-san-chi
–
Chachi
(Barfod & Balslev 1988).
Ñaidí
–
Spanish
(Lindskoog & Lindskoog 1964).
Palmiche
–
Spanish
(H.B. Pedersen #104001).
Palmito
–
Awa, Spanish
(Barfod & Balslev 1988).
Tyapingsachi
–
Chachi
(Lindskoog & Lindskoog 1964).
Uses:
Fruits are eaten by a fish called ´sabalo´ [probably Brycon sp.]
(H.B. Pedersen #104001).
Fruits are edible and used for juice and ice cream
(H.B. Pedersen #104001).
Fruits are edible are used for juice and ice cream
(Barfod & Balslev 1988).
The palm heart is edible and exploited commercially by a canning industry at Borbón
(Pedersen & Balslev 1990).
The palm is a very important source of palm hearts and edible fruits in Brazil, where several studies of its economic botany and management have been carried out
(Anderson 1988).
|
Latest posts by admin (see all)
- Aluminium Rattan Garden Furniture Design Ideas - September 11, 2019
- Popular Gardens and Parks in Sheffield, United Kingdom - September 18, 2018
- How New Eco-Friendly Garden Benches Help Plants and Consumers in the UK - February 26, 2018
Discussion: