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Bactris gasipaes Kunth

Palmae

SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) South America (tropics)

M[L]

hel hyg->mes

dr fd (commercial oil, fruits are edible and often cooked as an important part of the diet in many areas of Venezuela, palm cabbage, palm hearts, seed) fr ma(ob) (the Kuna used fallen fruits as baits for hunting) pl pp ti (archery bows, arrows, canes, fishing rods, trunks used by the Kuna in construction)

Bactris ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart. Bactris speciosa (C.Mart.) H.Karst. Bactris utilis (Oerst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Guilielma ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Wendl. ex Kerch. Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L.H.Bailey Guilielma insignis C.Mart. Guilielma microcarpa Huber Guilielma speciosa Mart. Guilielma utilis Oerst. Martinezia ciliata Ruiz & Pav.

peachpalm spinyclubpalm; peachpalm, pejibaye palm, pewa nut (Trinidad)

bactris utile

cachipay, chenga, chichaguay chontaduro, chima woy (Colombia); chonta, chonta de Castilla (Colombia, Nicaragua); chontaruro (Ecuador); chontorurú, choutadura (Colombia); gachipaes (Venezuela); jenga, jijibre, macanilla, palma (Colombia); pejibave (Panama); pejibay (Peru); pejibaye (Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru); pejivalle (Costa Rica, Peru); pejwao (Peru); peripou, piguajo tenga (Colombia); pijibay (Nicaragua); pijiguao (Venezuela); pijiguay, pipire, pirijao (Colombia); pixbá (Panama); pupuña (Colombia); supa (Nicaragua); tembé (Colombia, Nicaragua)

nalup (kuna, Panama); omá (cofán); pirajá-pupunha, pupuña, pupunha, pupunha-marajá, pupunheira (Brazil); yaun (ticuna)

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Latin name	Bactris gasipaes Kunth
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->mes
Use	dr fd (commercial oil, fruits are edible and often cooked as an important part of the diet in many areas of Venezuela, palm cabbage, palm hearts, seed) fr ma(ob) (the Kuna used fallen fruits as baits for hunting) pl pp ti (archery bows, arrows, canes, fishing rods, trunks used by the Kuna in construction)
Synonym	Bactris ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart. Bactris speciosa (C.Mart.) H.Karst. Bactris utilis (Oerst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Guilielma ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Wendl. ex Kerch. Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L.H.Bailey Guilielma insignis C.Mart. Guilielma microcarpa Huber Guilielma speciosa Mart. Guilielma utilis Oerst. Martinezia ciliata Ruiz & Pav.
English name	peachpalm spinyclubpalm; peachpalm, pejibaye palm, pewa nut (Trinidad)
French name	bactris utile
Spanish name	cachipay, chenga, chichaguay chontaduro, chima woy (Colombia); chonta, chonta de Castilla (Colombia, Nicaragua); chontaruro (Ecuador); chontorurú, choutadura (Colombia); gachipaes (Venezuela); jenga, jijibre, macanilla, palma (Colombia); pejibave (Panama); pejibay (Peru); pejibaye (Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru); pejivalle (Costa Rica, Peru); pejwao (Peru); peripou, piguajo tenga (Colombia); pijibay (Nicaragua); pijiguao (Venezuela); pijiguay, pipire, pirijao (Colombia); pixbá (Panama); pupuña (Colombia); supa (Nicaragua); tembé (Colombia, Nicaragua)
Other name	nalup (kuna, Panama); omá (cofán); pirajá-pupunha, pupuña, pupunha, pupunha-marajá, pupunheira (Brazil); yaun (ticuna)
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