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Euterpe (/ j uː ˈ t ɜːr p iː /; Greek: Εὐτέρπη, lit. 'rejoicing well' or 'delight' [eu̯térpɛː], from Ancient Greek: εὖ, romanized: eû, lit. 'well' + Greek: τέρπειν, romanized: térpein, lit. 'to please') was one of the Muses in Greek mythology, presiding over music.
Euterpe is a genus of palm trees, containing eight species that are native to Central America and the Yucatan, the West Indies, and South America, from Belize and the Windward Islands southward to Brazil, Peru and Argentina.
Scientific NameDistributionEuterpe broadwayi Becc. ex BroadwayWindward Islands, Trinidad & TobagoEuterpe catinga WallaceGuyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, ...Euterpe edulis MartBrazil, Paraguay, Misiones Province of ...Euterpe longibracteata Barb.Rodr.Guyana, Venezuela, BrazilEuterpe oleracea Martius (Arecaceae), commonly known as açaí, is one of several Amazonian palm trees of the genus Euterpe that produce a small edible fruit. A viscous liquid prepared from the fruit’s pulp has a long history of use among endogenous people living in the Amazon floodplains.
The nine muses — Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia and Urania — on a Roman sarcophagus. by History of the Ancient World.
Jun 13, 2022 · We used microsatellite markers to access the genetic diversity and structure of 26 populations and 527 adult individuals of Euterpe edulis, a native palm which is an important food resource for...
1. Introduction. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables are beneficial for the central nervous system (CNS). Such benefits are attributed to the richness and diversity of micronutrients, macronutrients, and phenolic compounds, which are important for brain homeostasis and neuroprotection [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ].
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The genus epithet 'Euterpe' comes from a Greek mythological name for one of the nine goddesses of the liberal arts. The species epithet 'oleracea' means 'vegetable' in Latin, in reference to the heart of the stem, which is eaten as a vegetable.
