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Attalea phalerata

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Wikipedia Abstract

Attalea phalerata is a species of palm tree known by the English common name urucuri palm, the Portuguese common name urucurizeiro, and the Spanish common name shapaja. Other common names include motacu and bacuri. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru, where it grows along southern and western Amazonia. It is the most common palm tree on the Pantanal. This palm grows up to 18 meters tall. It begins to reproduce at one meter tall, at an age of 7 to 10 years. It produces flowers throughout the year and fruits twice per year. It grows in many types of forests.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)

Predators

Amazona aestiva (Turquoise-fronted Amazon)[4]
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (Hyacinth Macaw)[5]
Brotogeris chiriri (Yellow-chevroned Parakeet)[6]
Myiopsitta monachus (Monk Parakeet)[4]
Nandayus nenday (Nanday Parakeet)[4]

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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
4PLANT FOOD RESOURCES AND THE DIET OF A PARROT COMMUNITY IN A GALLERY FOREST OF THE SOUTHERN PANTANAL (BRAZIL), RAGUSA-NETTO, J. and FECCHIO, A., Braz. J. Biol., 66(4): 1021-1032, 2006
5Hyacinth Macaw, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
6FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND THE ABUNDANCE OF THE YELLOW-CHEVRONED PARAKEET (Brotogeris chiriri) AT A GALLERY FOREST IN THE SOUTH PANTANAL (BRAZIL), RAGUSA-NETTO, J., Braz. J. Biol., 64(4): 867-877, 2004
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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