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Attalea dubia is a tall, single-trunked palm from southern and southeastern Brazil, reaching about 25 m, grown mainly for its fruit and as a landscape specimen. It needs warm, humid tropical conditions and plenty of space.
Attalea dubia, also known as the Indaiá plant, babassu palm, or bacuaçu palm is a flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to the Southern and Southeast Regions of Brazil.
The fruit from the tree is popular in the creation of medicines, beauty aids, and beverages. The palm core can be harvested but its extraction often results in death and is therefore not able to be cultivated due to its importance in the local ecosystem on fauna. The fruit is composed of numerous woody oblong fruits looking similar to small coconuts.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
