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Astrocaryum murumuru

Synonyms: Astrocaryum murumuru var. murumuru; Astrocaryum yauaperyense

Wikipedia Abstract

Astrocaryum murumuru (Portuguese common name murumuru) is a palm native to Amazon Rainforest vegetation in Brazil, which bears edible fruits. Murumuru butter, extracted from the seeds of the plant, may be used as a moisturizer.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [4]  0.51
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  49 feet (15 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Megantoni National Sanctuary 536005 Cusco, Peru  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

Atelocynus microtis (Short-eared Dog)[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, 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
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 53.1 Short-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis, M.R.P. Leite Pitman and R.S.R. Williams, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
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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