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Attalea maripa

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Wikipedia Abstract

Attalea maripa, commonly called maripa palm is a palm native to tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It grows up 35 m (115 ft) tall and can have leaves or fronds 10–12 m (33–39 ft) long. This plant has a yellow edible fruit which is oblong ovoid and cream. An edible oil can be extracted from the pulp of the fruit and from the kernel of the seed.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  66 feet (20 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Orange

Ecosystems

Predators

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (Hyacinth Macaw)[4]
Ateles chamek (Chamek spider monkey)[5]
Tapirus terrestris (South American tapir)[6]

External References

Citations

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♦ 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
♦ 4Hyacinth Macaw, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 5Seasonal Variations in Diet and Foraging Behavior of Ateles chamek in a Southern Amazonian Tropical Forest, Robert B. Wallace, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 26, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 1053-1075
♦ 6Animals of the Rainforest
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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