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Oenocarpus bataua

Synonyms: Jessenia bataua (homotypic); Jessenia bataua bataua

Wikipedia Abstract

The patawa, sehe, hungurahua (Ecuador) or mingucha (Oenocarpus bataua or Jessenia bataua) is a palm tree native to the Amazonia, that produces edible fruits rich in high quality oil.
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Infraspecies

Oenocarpus bataua var. bataua (Attributes)
Oenocarpus bataua var. oligocarpus

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  85 feet (26 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Megantoni National Sanctuary 536005 Cusco, Peru  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

Ara militaris (Military Macaw)[3]
Cephalopterus penduliger (Long-wattled Umbrellabird)[4]
Mitu tomentosum (Crestless Curassow)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Mating Behavior Drives Seed Dispersal by the Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger, Jordan Karubian, Renata Duraes, Jenny L. Storey, and Thomas B. Smith, BIOTROPICA 44(5): 689–698 2012
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0