ON THIS PLANT
Astrocaryum vulgare is a very spiny palm native to the Guianas and the Amazon. It is species which has greatly benefited from deforestation, as it cannot grow in undisturbed rainforest. In Brazil it is considered typical of Pará state in the north of the lower Amazon. This plant has edible fruit. Astrocaryum vulgare was first described in the book Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Astrocaryum
- Family
- Arecaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Tucum palm en Tucuma palm en Awarra palm en Fiber-palm
