Astrocaryum vulgare

taxobox
name = "Astrocaryum vulgare"

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image_caption = "Atrocaryum vulgare" fruits
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Astrocaryum"
species = "A. vulgare"
binomial = "Astrocaryum vulgare"
binomial_authority = Mart.
synonyms = *"Astrocaryum awarra" Vriese
*"Astrocaryum guianense" Splig. ex Mart.
*"Astrocaryum segregatum" Drupe
*"Astrocaryum tucuma" Wallace
*"Astrocaryum tucumoides" Drupe|

"Astrocaryum vulgare" (common names tucumã-do-Pará in Brazil, aouara in French Guiana, awarra in Suriname) is a palm native to Amazon Rainforest vegetation, typical of Pará state in Brazil. This plant has edible fruit, which are also used for biodiesel production. This plant is cited in "Flora Brasiliensis" by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

References

*Schultes, Richard E. (1974). Palms and religion in the northwest Amazon. "Principes" 18 (1): 3-21.
*pt icon Freitas, C. O.; Silva, M. M., Silva, I. Q., Rodrigues, A. M. C. [http://www.biodiesel.gov.br/docs/congressso2006/agricultura/Caracter%EDsticasFisicasOleaginosa.pdf "Características Físicas da Oleaginosa Tucumã" ("Astrocaryum vulgare" Mart.)]

External links

* [http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=3522 "Astrocaryum vulgare"] photo of fruit
* [http://www.tropilab.com/awarra.html "Astrocaryum vulgare"]
*pt icon [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=13369 Flora Brasiliensis: "Astrocaryum vulgare"]