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Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex C.Mart.

Palmae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)

M[L]

hel mes->xer calc

cl dr (pip has medicinal properties) fd (flour extracted from trunk gives mixed with water an heady drink, fruits are an important nutritious resource for Aborigenas from Chaco to Paraguay, fruits used to prepare wine and brandy, pipes are eaten raw and cooked and contain a fat acid easy to extract, seed and mesocarpe used to prepare thick syrup) fr (residues of the pipes used to feed birds) ma (acid of the pipes used in Paraguay to prepare acid and soap, oil) pl ti (poles, rustic constructions)

Acrocomia belizensis L.H.Bailey Acrocomia fusiformis Maycock non (Sw.) Sweet Acrocomia lasiospatha Griseb. Acrocomia lasiospatha Mart. Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart. Acrocomia sclerocarpa Duss non Mart. Acrocomia totai Mart. Cocos aculeatus Jacq.

grugru acrocomia; butter tree (Lesser Antilles); coyol, coyoli palm; grugru palm (Belize); gru-gru palm; macaw palm, macaya oil, Paraguay palm (Lesser Antilles); suppa palm (Belize)

acrocomia glouglou; coco guinée, corosse (Haiti); dinde, glou glou, glouglou (Dominica, Martinique); grougron (Barbados, Martinique, St. Vincent); palmier glouglou (Dominica, Martinique); palmiste épineux (Martinique)

amankayo (Venezuela); catey, catié (Dominican Republic); cayara (Bolivia); cayiete (Argentina, Paraguay); cocoyal (Belize); cocoyol (Belize, Mexico); cocoyul (Belize); colconab, coquito baboso (Mexico); corojo (Cuba); corozo (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela); corozo criollo (Dominican Republic); coyol (Central America, Mexico); coyol espinoso, coyol redondo (Mexico); grugou (Dominican Republic); ocori coquito (Argentina, Paraguay); palma de coyol (Mexico); palma de viño (Central America); palma redonda (Mexico); totai (Bolivia); tucuma (Venezuela)

bacaiuva, bacaiúva, bacaiuveira (Brazil); biga-raagú, coco; coco de catarro (Brazil); coco paraguayo; coco-baboso, coco-de-catarro, coco-de-espinho (Brazil); coyole, coyolli (nahuatl, Mexico); cum; grougrou (Brazil); koko ginen, kowos (creole, Haiti); macacaúba, macaíba, macaibeira, macajá, macajuba, macaúba, macaúva (Brazil); map (huasteco, Mexico); mbocaiá (Argentina, Paraguay); mbocaia-úba (Brazil); mbocaya, mbocayai, mocot; mucaiá, mucajá, mucajuba, noz do Paraguai (Brazil); oretaich, pi-lu; sipa (maya, Belize); suba, supa, ticachiti, totai; tuc, tuk (maya); ubá (Brazil)

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Latin name	Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex C.Mart.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer calc
Use	cl dr (pip has medicinal properties) fd (flour extracted from trunk gives mixed with water an heady drink, fruits are an important nutritious resource for Aborigenas from Chaco to Paraguay, fruits used to prepare wine and brandy, pipes are eaten raw and cooked and contain a fat acid easy to extract, seed and mesocarpe used to prepare thick syrup) fr (residues of the pipes used to feed birds) ma (acid of the pipes used in Paraguay to prepare acid and soap, oil) pl ti (poles, rustic constructions)
Synonym	Acrocomia belizensis L.H.Bailey Acrocomia fusiformis Maycock non (Sw.) Sweet Acrocomia lasiospatha Griseb. Acrocomia lasiospatha Mart. Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart. Acrocomia sclerocarpa Duss non Mart. Acrocomia totai Mart. Cocos aculeatus Jacq.
English name	grugru acrocomia; butter tree (Lesser Antilles); coyol, coyoli palm; grugru palm (Belize); gru-gru palm; macaw palm, macaya oil, Paraguay palm (Lesser Antilles); suppa palm (Belize)
French name	acrocomia glouglou; coco guinée, corosse (Haiti); dinde, glou glou, glouglou (Dominica, Martinique); grougron (Barbados, Martinique, St. Vincent); palmier glouglou (Dominica, Martinique); palmiste épineux (Martinique)
Spanish name	amankayo (Venezuela); catey, catié (Dominican Republic); cayara (Bolivia); cayiete (Argentina, Paraguay); cocoyal (Belize); cocoyol (Belize, Mexico); cocoyul (Belize); colconab, coquito baboso (Mexico); corojo (Cuba); corozo (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela); corozo criollo (Dominican Republic); coyol (Central America, Mexico); coyol espinoso, coyol redondo (Mexico); grugou (Dominican Republic); ocori coquito (Argentina, Paraguay); palma de coyol (Mexico); palma de viño (Central America); palma redonda (Mexico); totai (Bolivia); tucuma (Venezuela)
Other name	bacaiuva, bacaiúva, bacaiuveira (Brazil); biga-raagú, coco; coco de catarro (Brazil); coco paraguayo; coco-baboso, coco-de-catarro, coco-de-espinho (Brazil); coyole, coyolli (nahuatl, Mexico); cum; grougrou (Brazil); koko ginen, kowos (creole, Haiti); macacaúba, macaíba, macaibeira, macajá, macajuba, macaúba, macaúva (Brazil); map (huasteco, Mexico); mbocaiá (Argentina, Paraguay); mbocaia-úba (Brazil); mbocaya, mbocayai, mocot; mucaiá, mucajá, mucajuba, noz do Paraguai (Brazil); oretaich, pi-lu; sipa (maya, Belize); suba, supa, ticachiti, totai; tuc, tuk (maya); ubá (Brazil)
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