Taxon:
Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:624. 1825
Verified:
11/12/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Anderson, A. B. & M. J. Balick. 1988. Taxonomy of the Babassu complex (Orbignya spp.: Palmae). Syst. Bot. 13:35. Note: = Orbignya phalerata
- Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2 Note: = Orbignya phalerata
- Campos, J. L. A. et al. 2015. Knowledge, use, and management of the babassu palm (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng) in the Araripe region (Northeastern Brazil). Econ. Bot. 69:240-250. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
- El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-42.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Orbignya martiana
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Orbignya martiana
- Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
- 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
- Lorenzi, H. et al. 1996. Palmeiras no Brasil: nativas e exóticas
- 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
- Wickens, G. E. et al., eds. 1989. New crops for food and industry Note: = Orbignya phalerata
Common names
English
babassu palm – French
babassou – German
Babussupalme – Portuguese
babaçu – Spanish (Bolivia)
cusí –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goiás | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhão | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
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 | Tocantins | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | El Beni | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Pando | |
Native
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Piauí, Rondônia, Tocantins]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [El Beni, Pando]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Fuels | petroleum substitute/alcohol | fide N. El Bassam 1998 | El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-42. |
Human food | oil/fat | | Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press. |
Human food | vegetable | as Orbignya phalerata | Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press. |