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Taxon:
Mauritia flexuosa
L. f.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Mauritia
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Calamoideae
Tribe:
Lepidocaryeae
Subtribe:
Mauritiinae
Nomen number:
23489
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. 454. 1782 ("1781")
Verified:
03/22/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mauritia minor
Burret
Mauritia setigera
Griseb. & H. Wendl.
Mauritia vinifera
Mart.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Mauritia+flexuosa&quantity=1
Glassman, S. F.
1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield.
2005. World checklist of palms.
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Henderson, A. et al.
1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Moore, H. E., Jr.
1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:151.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield.
1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 278.
Common names
English
tree-of-life –
Reference(s)
English (Guyana)
ite palm –
Reference(s)
German
Morichepalme –
Reference(s)
Yurumabrot –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
burití –
Reference(s)
murití –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Colombia, Venezuela)
moriche –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
aguaje –
Reference(s)
Swedish
itapalm –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Acre
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amapá
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Bahia
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Goiás
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Mato Grosso
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Minas Gerais
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Piauí
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Rondônia
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
São Paulo
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
e.
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
s.e.
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago
[Trinidad]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
(e.)
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, São Paulo, Amapá, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
[Santa Cruz],
Colombia
(s.e.),
Ecuador
,
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
used to make an alcoholic drink
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Human food
fruit
could be eaten fresh or prepared in several ways from lollipops to wine
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Human food
oil/fat
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Human food
starch
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materials
fiber
Henderson, A.
1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References