Taxon:
Oenocarpus bataua Mart. var. bataua
Summary
Verified:
03/18/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Jessenia bataua
- 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.
- Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr.
Common names
English
pataua palm – Portuguese (Brazil)
patauá – patauá-branca – Spanish
seje – ungurahui – Spanish (Colombia)
patabá –
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 | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondônia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | e. |
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 | Bolivar | |
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 | Guainía | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Guaviare | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Meta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Putumayo | |
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 | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junín | |
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
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Panama (e.)
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Bolivar, Amazonas]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [El Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz], Colombia [Meta, Caquetá, Putumayo, Amazonas, Guainía, Vaupés, Vichada, Guaviare], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo], Peru [Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | | Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas |
Human food | oil/fat | fide Gen Palm; Palms Amazon | Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press. |