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Astrocaryum aculeatum
Also called Cuyuro Palm, Tucumou
Acuyuru palm (Astrocaryum aculeatum) is a solitary, spiny palm of the Amazon Basin that can reach about 15 m tall, grown for its edible yellow fruit. It is a large tropical palm best suited to warm, humid outdoor sites rather than containers.
Astrocaryum aculeatum (known in Brazilian Portuguese as tucumã, acaiúra, acuiuru, coco-tucumã, tucum, tucumã-açu, tucumã-macaw, tucum-açu, tucumaí-da-terra-firme, tucumãí-uaçu, tucumã-piririca, tucumã-purupuru or tucumã-do-mato) is a palm native to tropical South America and Trinidad. It grows up to 15 m (49 ft) tall and is usually solitary. It has ascending leaves, erect inflorescence, and yellow fruit.
Astrocaryum aculeatum is found in and around the Amazon Basin, from Trinidad and Tobago in the north, through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and south through the Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz.
This plant has edible fruit which may be used for making a kind of juice. It is also used to make a symbolic ring called a tucum ring. Tucum ring is mainly used in Catholic church as a symbol of commitment in social justice, peace building and ecology.
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