Euterpe broadwayi Becc. ex Broadway

A clustered palm. It grows 8-20 m tall. The trunks are 20-25 cm across. They are grey. There is often a cone of roots at the base. There are 10-16 leaves. The crown-shaft is green but can have reddish tinges. The leaflets tend to hang down. The flowering branches are 0.7-1 cm across. They are covered with whitish brown hairs. The fruit are round and purple-black. They are 1-1.4 cm across.

A tropical plant. It grows in forest on mountain ridges. It grows between 600-1,000 m altitude.

The palm heart can be eaten raw or boiled. The trunks can contain the edible palm beetle (Calandra palmarum).

Can be grown by seedlings.