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Astrocaryum vulgare
Also called Tucum Palm, Tucuma Palm, Fiber Palm
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.
Astrocaryum vulgare was first described in the book Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
This species is native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and the northern Amazonian region of Brazil. It is common in Pará state of Brazil and throughout the Guianas, being very abundant in the populated coastal regions, as well as extremely abundant in the white-sand savanna belt.
Seeds take up to two years to germinate, the plants grow slowly in cultivation, and start to produce fruits after eight years.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astrocaryum vulgare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
