Attalea barreirensis Glassman

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Attalea

Characteristics

A palm. It grows 2 m tall. The stem is mostly underground. The crown of leaves is 2.2 m across. The fruit are yellow to orange and turn purple when ripe. They are 5-5.5 cm long by 3-4.5 cm wide. There is one seed 2.2 cm long by 2 cm wide.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality monoecy
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Mature width (meter) 2.2
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in poor sandy soils in the savannah between 600-800 m above sea level.
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Savannahs, often in poor, sandy soils, at elevations of 600-800 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten. The seed are used to make candy
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Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Attalea barreirensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Attalea barreirensis world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1014709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000295860
COL ID 689ZC
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Attalea barreirensis