Taxon:
Bactris gasipaes Kunth var. gasipaes
Summary
Verified:
05/02/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clemenet. 1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 154.
- Balick, M. J. & H. T. Beck, eds. 1990. Useful palms of the world. A synoptical bibliography. 1990 364, 402.
- Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: = Guilielma
- Gilbert, B. 1995. Economic plants of the Amazon. Chemistry of the Amazon: biodiversity, natural products, and environmental issues. 1995 19-33.
- Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
- Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982 Note: Academic Press
- Henderson, A. 2000. Bactris (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79:71. http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
- Henderson, A. The palms of the Amazon. 1995 Note: Oxford University Press
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:129.
- Mora-Urpí, J. et al. 1997. Peach palm: Bactris gasipaes Kunth.. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 1996- 20:1-83. http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
- Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:100. http://proseanet.org
- Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:215-226.
Common names
English
peach palm – French
palmier pêche – parépou – German
Pfirsichpalme – Portuguese (Brazil)
pupunha – Spanish
gachipaes – masato – pejibaye – Spanish (Colombia)
chonta – Spanish (Peru)
pijuayo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | | South America | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
Cultivated
Southern America
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REGION:
South America (n.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Central America
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as B. gasipaes) –