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Astrocaryum chambira Burret [syn. A. vulgare Wallace]
FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)
ENGLISH: fiber palm, tucum
PORTUGUESE: tucum, tucuma, tucumã
SPANISH: bataí, chambirá, chambira, chonta, coco, coco de mono,
corombolo, cumare, güere, hericungo, kumari, macanilla, mataa,
palma de cumare, palma coco, panima, takone, tucum, tucumá,
tucuman, tuinfa
USES/NOTES: Vitamin A-rich fruit pulp, from this spiny palm, is eaten
and made into wine, liquid endosperm is drunk, and kernel fat is
used to make margarine. Leaves contain strong fibers used for
hammocks and nets, pulp oil is used to make soap, and wood is used
to make bows and arrow heads.
NATURAL RANGE: Western Amazonian Brazil, Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador,
and Peru, just into southwestern Venezuela
REFERENCES: Anderson 1977, Bennett et al. 2001, Balick 1984, Boom
1987, Boom 1989, Dugand 1961, Duke and Vásquez 1994, Henderson
1995, Kahn and de Granville, León 1987, Pedersen and Balslev 1992,
Plotkin 1993, Rehm and Espig 1991, Schultes 1988, Smith et al. 1992
Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart. [syn. A. munbaca Mart.]
FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)
ENGLISH: urishi, wulo
PORTUGUESE: espinho-preto, ju, jupihu, marajá, maraju, mumbaca,
munbaca, munbaca-de-preta, yu, yu-’y
SPANISH: amaint-nak, caburra, coco de puerco, cubarro, devéke, ruire’gö
USES/NOTES: Mesocarp, of this spiny-stemmed palm, is edible and its
heart is burned for vegetable salt.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil and
Colombia, just into Amazonian Bolivia
REFERENCES: Balée 1992, Henderson 1995, Henderson et al. 1995, Martin
et al. 1987
Astrocaryum jauari Mart. [syn. A. guara Burret]
FAMILY: Arecaceae or Palmae (palm)
ENGLISH: jauari palm, sauarai
PORTUGUESE: coqueiro-javari, jauari, joari
SPANISH: albarico, alvarico, chambirilla, guara, güiridima, huirima,
huiririma, huirririma, jauari, ko-rü-ne, oco-be-totupí, tupí,
yauari, yavarí
USES/NOTES: Hearts, harvested from the wild, are of especially good
flavor and texture and support a small commercial industry in
Barcelos, Brazil on the middle Rio Negro — though now being phased
out for plantation-grown peach palms (Bactris gasipaes). Because of
the tree’s cespitose (or multiple stem) form, hearts can be
harvested without killing individual plants. Fruits have been used
to make flour and as an oil source, and their liquid endosperm is
rarely drunk. Fruits also are used as fish bait.
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