Euterpe catinga Wallace

A palm. It can be in clusters or be solitary. It grows 4-16 m tall. The trunks are 3.5-15 cm across. They are grey and have a cone of roots at the base. There are 6-11 leaves. The crown-shaft is usually orange. It often has black fibres at the top. The leaf stalk has black scales. The leaflets spread horizontally. The flowering branches are 2.5-4 mm across. They are covered with light brown hairs. The fruit are round and purple-black. They are 0.8-1.3 cm across.

Open forests, on poorly drained, acidic, white sand soils at elevations up to 350 metres. Also found in wet places in forest patches in the Andes, where it can be found at elevations from 1,100-1,800 metres.

Fruit pulp is used for drinks

Can be grown by seedlings.