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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Syagrus comosa (Mart.) Mart.<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

PORTUGUESE: baba-de-boi, babão, coco-c<strong>at</strong>olé, coqueiro-c<strong>at</strong>olé,<br />

c<strong>at</strong>olé, gariroba, guariroba, guariroba-do-campo, jerivá, palmitoamargoso<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp and heart are e<strong>at</strong>en. Fruit also contaiuns an<br />

edible oil.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Brazilian Cerrado to eastern Amazonian savanas <strong>of</strong><br />

Tocantins and Pará and pre-Amazonian Maranhão<br />

REFERENCES: Anderson and Posey 1989, Henderson et al. 1995, IBGE<br />

1980<br />

Syagrus coron<strong>at</strong>a Mart. [syn. Cocos coron<strong>at</strong>a Mart.]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: licuri palm, licury palm, oricuri palm, ouricury palm,<br />

uricury wax palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: adicuri, alicuri, aracui, aracuri, aribury, aricui,<br />

aricuri, ariri, aruuri, butiazeiro, butua, coco-cabeçudo,<br />

coqueiro-cabeçudo, coqueiro-dicori, dicori, dicuri, iricuri,<br />

licuri, nicori, nicori-iba, nicuri, nicuri-de-caboclo, nicury,<br />

ouricuri, ouricuru, uricuri, uriricuri, urucuri, ururucuri<br />

SPANISH: licuri<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds, sweet mesocarp, and heart are e<strong>at</strong>en, seeds are<br />

<strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> ouricuru palm oil used in margarine, pith is added<br />

to breads, and leaves are <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> a wax similar to carnaúba<br />

(Copernicia prunifera).<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Central, coastal Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Accorsi et al. n.d., Henderson et al. 1995, Howes 1940,<br />

IBGE 1980, León 1987, Mabberley 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Uhl and<br />

Dransfield 1987<br />

Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc. [syn. S. campestris (Mart.) H.<br />

Wendl., S. urbaniana (Dammer) Becc., Cocos campestris Mart., C.<br />

flexuosa Mart., C. flexuosa var. c<strong>at</strong>aphracta Mart., C. flexuosa<br />

var. densiflroa Mart., C. urbaniana Dammer]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: acum palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: acumã, coco-babão, coco-de-campo, coqueiro-do-campo<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit pulp is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South-central Brazil<br />

REFERENCES: Henderson et al. 1995<br />

Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc. [syn. Cocos inajai (Spruce) Trail,<br />

Maximiliana inajai Spruce]<br />

FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)<br />

ENGLISH: inaja palm<br />

PORTUGUESE: curuá-rana, inajá-y, inajaí, jareua, jarevá, marark’y,<br />

pirima, piririma, pupunharana, pupunha-brava, pupunha-de-porco<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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