Oenocarpus bacaba

Oenocarpus bacaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Oenocarpus
Species:	O. bacaba
Binomial name
Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.

Oenocarpus bacaba is a palm native to the Amazon Rainforest, which have edible fruits. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

It is called bacaba açu, bacaba-de-leque, and bacaba verdadeira in Brazil, ungurauy in Peru, camon in French Guiana, and manoco and punáma in Colombia. The Portuguese "bacaba" and the Spanish "milpesos" (or "palma milpesos") often denote this species, but may refer to any Oenocarpus palm.

References

• Schultes, Richard E. (1974). Palms and religion in the northwest Amazon. Principes 18 (1): 3-21. Astrocaryum vulgare, Bactris gasipaes, Euterpe oleracea, E. precatoria, Leopoldinia piassaba, Maximiliana martiana, Oenocarpus bacaba, Socratea exorrhiza

See also

• List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil

External links

• (Portuguese) Oenocarpus bacaba photos
• (Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Oenocarpus bacaba