Syagrus vagans (Bondar) A.D.Hawkes

It is a shrubby palm with underground stems forming clumps. It is 1.2-2.2 m tall. There are 10-30 leaves and these have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves stick upwards and there are 10-30 leaflets. The flowering stalks come from within the leaves. The juicy pulp of the fruit separate from the hard seed.

Found in dry scrubland (caatinga) in the eastern Brazilian state of Bahia, at elevations above 250 metres. Sandy and gravelly soils, occasionally on lateritic soils, at elevations from 250-900 metres.

The flesh of the fruit is eaten fresh.

Plants can be grown from seed and from root cuttings.