2Learn
Astrocaryum tucuma
About
Astrocaryum vulgare is a very spiny palm native to the Guianas and the Amazon. It is a species which has greatly benefited from deforestation, as it cannot grow in undisturbed rainforest. It is common in the Pará state of Brazil, to the east of the Amazon. This plant has edible fruit.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Astrocaryum tucuma
- Slug
- astrocaryum-tucuma
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Astrocaryum
- Species
- tucuma
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
summarywikipedia