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Taxon:  Euterpe oleracea Mart.



Summary
Genus:
Euterpe
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Euterpeae
Nomen number:
16475
Place of publication:
Hist. nat. palm. 2:29, t. 28-30. 1824
Verified:
11/12/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euterpe badiocarpa Barb. Rodr.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clemenet. 1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 157-158.
  3. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  4. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Farr, E. R. et al., eds. Index nomina genericorum. 1979; suppl. 1986
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  9. Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. World checklist of palms. 2005
  10. Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:36.
  11. Henderson, A. et al. Field guide to the palms of the Americas. 1995
  12. Henderson, A. The palms of the Amazon. 1995
  13. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
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  15. Lorenzi, H. et al. Palmeiras no Brasil: nativas e exóticas. 1996
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  18. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  19. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:145.
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  21. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  22. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  23. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
  24. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
  25. Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 1987 355, 357.
  26. Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:33-42.
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Common names
English
assai palm –
cabbage palm –
French
pinot –
German
Kohlpalme –
Portuguese (Brazil)
açaí –
açaí-do-Pará –
açaizeiro –
palmiteiro –
palmito-açaí –
uaçaí –
Spanish
asaí –
euterpe –
Swedish
para-assaipalm –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhao 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilTocantins 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBolivar 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaDelta Amacuro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaSucre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCauca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaChoco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaCordoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNarino 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaSantander 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaValle 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha 
2Cultivated     
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapa, Maranhao, Para, Tocantins]
  • CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
  • MESOAMERICA: Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Sucre]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Antioquia, Cauca, Choco, Cordoba, Narino, Santander, Valle], Ecuador [Esmeraldas, Pichincha]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Henderson, A. The palms of the Amazon. 1995
Human foodbeverage base Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Human foodfruit Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Human foodoil/fat Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Human foodvegetable Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16475. Accessed 3 August 2025.


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