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Bactris maraja is a small clustering understorey palm from wet tropical South America, with edible purple-black fruits. It grows best in shade or dappled light with consistently moist, well-drained soil.
Bactris maraja is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to South America, and was described in 1826.
Bactris maraja is a shrub or understorey palm, with compound leaves and edible fruits. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as of Least Concern.
Bactris maraja is native to the wet tropical biome of South America. It is present in Bolivia, northern and west-central Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is found at elevations of 0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft).
The fruits are used for human food. The species is also used for animal food, medicine, and fuel.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bactris maraja by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
