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Ouricury palm

Syagrus coronata

Also called Licuri Palm

Ouricury palm
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Native range
NE. Brazil (to N. Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Syagrus coronata, commonly known as the ouricury palm, aricuri palm, or licuri palm, is a species of palm tree that is native to eastern Brazil, ranging from the southern part of the state of Pernambuco, into the state of Bahia, south to the Jequitinhonha River in the state of Minas Gerais. The tree can live for 30–150 years, though most only live for 8–10 years on average. It plays an important role in the diets of tropical seasonally dry forest animals.

Uses

Syagrus coronata is the source of ouricury wax.

Other Syagrus plants

Syagrus weddelliana · Pati Queen Palm · Drooling Nut · Blue Rocky Syagrus · Syagrus macrocarpa · Catole Palm · Syagrus picrophylla · Syagrus pseudococos · Queen palm · Syagrus rupicola · Syagrus ruschiana · Columbian Foxtail

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syagrus coronata 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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