- Astrocaryum aculeatum
taxobox
name = "Astrocaryum aculeatum"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Monocots
unranked_ordo =Commelinids
ordo =Arecales
familia =Arecaceae
genus = "Astrocaryum "
species = "A. aculeatum"
binomial = "Astrocaryum aculeatum"
binomial_authority =G.Mey.
synonyms = "Astrocaryum tucuma" Mart. "Astrocaryum aureum"August GrisebachGriseb. & H.Wendl. in Griseb. "Astrocaryum candescens" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum princeps" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum jucuma"Linden "Astrocaryum princeps" var. "aurantiacum" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum princeps" var. "flavum" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum princeps" var. "sulphureum" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum princeps" var. "vitellinum" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum manaoense" Barb.Rodr. "Astrocaryum macrocarpum"Huber |"Astrocaryum aculeatum" is a palm native to tropical
South America andTrinidad [http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=17498&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=17498&status=true "Astrocaryum aculeatum"]Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.] . In Brazil it's known as tucumã. This plant hasedible fruit which may be used for production ofbiodiesel .Fruit
Contains 50,000 i.u. per gram of pulp of Vitamin A (Three times that of a carrot).
ee also
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List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil References
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