Oenocarpus
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| Oenocarpus distichus illustration circa 1890[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae
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| Tribe: | Euterpeae |
| Genus: | Oenocarpus Mart. |
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Oenocarpus is a
tropical South America.[3][4] With nine species and one natural hybrid, the genus is distributed from Costa Rica and Trinidad in the north to Brazil and Bolivia
in the south.
Common names in their native range are bacaba in
Spanish-speaking countries. These terms may also refer to the best-known member of this genus, O. bacaba
, but more precise common names exist for that species.
The fruit of Oenocarpus palms are food for various animals, such as the
folk medicine. Their wood is useful for handicraft and the fruits can also be used to produce oil, which is of excellent quality and was used as a substitute for olive oil
during WW2.
List of species
The currently accepted species of Oenocarpus are:[2]
- Oenocarpus × andersonii Balick - northwestern Brazil (O. bacaba × O. minor)
- Oenocarpus bacaba Mart, - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas —bacaba açu, bacaba-de-leque, bacaba verdadeira (Brazil), manoco, punáma (Colombia), camon (French Guiana), ungurauy (Peru), koemboe (Suriname)
- Oenocarpus balickii F.Kahn — northwestern Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador - sinamillo
- ungurahui
- Oenocarpus circumtextus Mart. - Colombia, Amazonas State of Brazil
- Oenocarpus distichus Mart. - Bolivia, Peru, Brazil
- Oenocarpus makeru R.Bernal, Galeano & A.J.Hend. - Colombia
- Oenocarpus mapora H.Karst. - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica - (= O. multicaulis, O. panamanus)
- Oenocarpus minor Mart. - Colombia, Amazonas State of Brazil
- Oenocarpus simplex R.Bernal, Galeano & A.J.Hend. - Colombia, Amazonas State of Brazil
References
- ^ Diese Abbildung stammt aus der 4. Auflage des Meyers Konversationslexikons (1885–90). Das Urheberrecht ist erloschen, die Inhalte sind gemeinfrei.
- ^ a b Govaerts et al. (2004)
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R.; Dransfield, J.; Zona, S.; Hodel, D.R. & Henderson, A. (2004): World Checklist of Arecaceae – Oenocarpus. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24.
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