Taxon:
Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:624. 1825
Verified:
11/12/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Anderson, A. B. & M. J. Balick. 1988. Taxonomy of the Babassu complex (Orbignya spp.: Palmae). Syst. Bot. 13:35. Note: = O. phalerata
- Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997 Note: = Orbignya phalerata
- El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-42.
- Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 Note: = Orbignya martiana
- Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: = Orbignya martiana
- Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
- Henderson, A. et al. Field guide to the palms of the Americas. 1995
- Henderson, A. The palms of the Amazon. 1995 Note: Oxford University Press
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
- Lorenzi, H. et al. Palmeiras no Brasil: nativas e exóticas. 1996
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Wickens, G. E. et al., eds. New crops for food and industry. 1989 Note: = Orbignya phalerata
Common names
English
babassu palm – French
babassou – German
Babussupalme – Portuguese
babaçu – Spanish (Bolivia)
cusí –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Para | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondonia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Tocantins | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Beni | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Pando | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Para, Rondonia, Tocantins]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [Beni, Pando]
Economic Uses
Fuels
Human food
oil/fat (fide Palms Amazon) –