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Astrocaryum murumuru
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Astrocaryum murumuru is a palm native to Amazon rainforest vegetation in Brazil, which bears edible fruits. Murumuru butter, extracted from the seeds of the plant, may be used as a moisturizer. One remarkable feature of this palm is that it is covered with spines up to 30 cm (12 in) long.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Astrocaryum murumuru
- Slug
- astrocaryum-murumuru
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Astrocaryum
- Species
- murumuru
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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