Orbignya phalerata

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Noun1.Orbignya phalerata - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryOrbignya phalerata - tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya martiana, Orbignya spesiosa
feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
genus Orbignya, Orbignya - palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
babassu nut - hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm
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(2011), utilizando outra palmeira muito semelhante, o babacu (Attalea speciosa Mart), em proporcoes de 20 a 60% de caule compondo o substrato, proporcionaram mudas de alface de alta qualidade.
Substrate conditioners for prodution of organic cupuasu seedling/Condicionadores de substrato para producao organica de mudas de cupuacu
Among the Kalungas, 11 species are used for construction, with Mauritia flexuosa (buriti palm) and Attalea compta (indaia) being the most frequently cited in this category, followed by Attalea eichleri (Pindoba), Euterpe edulis (palm heart), Attalea speciosa (coco-palmeira), and Mauritiella armata (buritirana).
Use and diversity of palm (Arecaceae) resources in central western Brazil
Other exports to the international market include fruits of Attalea speciosa (Mitja & Ferraz, 2001) and E.
Palm management in South America
O babacu (Orbignia speciosa = Attalea speciosa), cujas castanhas encerram quase 70% de gordura, se presta a todos os fins citados.
Palm communities in the Kraho indigenous territory, Tocantins, Brazil: biodiversity and ethnobotanical features/Comunidade de palmeiras no territorio indigena Kraho, Tocantins, Brasil: a biodiversidade e aspectos etnobotanicos/Comunidad de palmeraS en el territorio indigena Kraho, Tocantins, Brasil: biodiversidad y aspectos etnobotanicos
En varias partes se observan extensas formaciones dominadas por Attalea speciosa (zona dos cocais en Maranhao, Sampaio 1933), de origen probablemente secundario (Aubreville, 1961; Anderson et al., 1991).
Las palmeras de America del Sur: diversidad, distribucion e historia evolutiva

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