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  1. Euterpe is a genus of palm tree, 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. These palms grow mainly in swamps and floodplains.

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 Name
    Distribution
    Euterpe broadwayi Becc. ex Broadway
    Windward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago
    Euterpe catinga Wallace
    Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, ...
    Euterpe edulis Mart
    Brazil, Paraguay, Misiones Province of ...
    Euterpe longibracteata Barb.Rodr.
    Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Açaí_palmAçaí palm - Wikipedia

    The açaí palm (/ əˈsaɪ.iː /, Portuguese: [asaˈi] ⓘ, from Nheengatu asai), [2] Euterpe oleracea, is a species of palm tree (Arecaceae) cultivated for its fruit (açaí berries, or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves, and trunk wood.

  5. 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.

  6. Jul 19, 2023 · 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.

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  8. Mar 19, 2018 · English translation by Mario Beltramini. Cespitous, with 20 m stems, Euterpe oleracea produces edible fruits and the famous palmitos © G. Mazza. The species is native to Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Fernando de Noronha, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Roraima, Sergipe e ...

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