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- 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.
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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 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 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.
Jun 13, 2022 · Euterpe edulis (Arecaceae) is a palm threatened with extinction, found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, and in gallery forests of the Brazilian Cerrado (Henderson et al...
Euterpe 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.
Euterpe edulis (Arecaceae) is a palm threatened with extinction, found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, and in gallery forests of the Brazilian Cerrado (Henderson et al...
