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Taxon:
Astrocaryum vulgare
Mart.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Astrocaryum
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Cocoseae
Subtribe:
Bactridinae
Nomen number:
5941
Place of publication:
Hist. nat. palm. 2:74, t. 62-63. 1824
Verified:
03/14/1995
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)
Astrocaryum awarra
de Vriese
Astrocaryum segregatum
Drude
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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
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 155.
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=Astrocaryum+vulgare&quantity=1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
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
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
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Common names
English
awarra palm –
Reference(s)
tucum palm –
Reference(s)
tucuma palm –
Reference(s)
French
aoura –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cumare –
Reference(s)
tucuma –
Reference(s)
Swedish
tukumpalm –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Maranhão
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Pará
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Tocantins
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
Native
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Suriname
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Maranhão, Pará, Tocantins]
Cultivated
Southern America
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Suriname
BRAZIL:
Brazil
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
oil/fat
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materials
fiber
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materials
lipids
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Name
References