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Amazon açaí
Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Palms

Amazon açaí

Euterpe precatoria Mart.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAmazon açaí
Dutch—
SpanishAsaí
Chinese串珠埃塔棕
Sranan Tongopalmbon (general name for the group)
Scientific nameEuterpe precatoria Mart.

About this species

Euterpe precatoria is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. E. precatoria is used commercially to produce fruits, although Euterpe oleracea is more commonly cultivated due to its larger fruits.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderArecales
FamilyArecaceae
GenusEuterpe

In Suriname

47Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1900First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini28
  • Saramacca3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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