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Attalea oleifera

Attalea oleifera
Photo: Reconrabbit, CC0
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Native range
Brazil (Paraíba to N. Espírito Santo)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Attalea oleifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree which grows up to 25 meters tall. It is endemic to eastern Brazil, ranging from Paraíba to northern Espírito Santo, where it grows in Cerrado savanna and seasonally-dry semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest.

Other Attalea plants

Attalea amygdalina · Yagua Palm · Cohune Palm · Attalea colenda · Carossier palm · Attalea dubia · Bahia piassaba palm · Attalea huebneri · Maripa Palm · Attalea osmantha · Urucuri Palm · Attalea princeps

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Attalea oleifera 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.

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