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Sep 12, 2024 · Euterpe is a genus from the palm family (Arecaceae) and comprises seven species distributed between Central and South America, of which five are native to Brazil (Henderson and Galeano 1996, Henderson 2000). The plants are characterized by a slender and greyish stem, solitary, or clustered, a well-developed and prominent sheath, and apical ...
Euterpe is a genus of native tropical palm trees found in the Amazon and a few Caribbean islands. There are three species producing edible fruit found widely dispersed through the Amazon: Euterpe edulis, Euterpe precatoria, and Euterpe oleracea.
The Euterpe genus (mainly Euterpe oleracea Martius, Euterpe precatoria Martius, and Euterpe edulis Martius) has recently gained commercial and scientific notoriety due to the high nutritional value of its fruits, which are rich in polyphenols (phenolic acids and anthocyanins) and have potent antioxidant activity.
- 10.3390/nu15143189
- 2023/07
- Nutrients. 2023 Jul; 15(14): 3189.
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, BrazilThe Euterpe genus has about 28 species located in Central and South America and distributed throughout the Amazon basin. The three species that occur most frequently are E. oleracea, E. precatoria and Euterpe edulis. However, only the first two species are commercially used for their fruits.
The genus Euterpe (Arecaceae/Palmae) includes eight species of palm trees which are native to Central and South America and is widely distributed in northern South America, with its greatest abundance in the Amazon estuary floodplains (Sabbe et al., 2009).
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Jun 13, 2022 · Abstract. The detection of distribution patterns of genetic diversity of plant and animal species has contributed to the understanding of biodiversity and evolutionary history of the...
