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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Oenocarpus mapora H.Karst.

Palmae

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

fd (drink, fruits, oil) pl ti

mapora oenocarpus; black palm (Panama)

oenocarpe mapora

bacaba (Bolivia); caima, ciamba (Peru); corunto, manaco (Colombia); manquenque (Panama); mapora (Venezuela); maquenca (Panama); milpesillo (Colombia); palma mapora (Venezuela); posuí, posuy, pusuí, pusuy (Colombia); siamba, sinami, sinamillo (Peru); ungurahua pequeña (Ecuador)

bacaba, bacabaí, bacabao, bacabay, bacabi, bacabinha (Brazil); chimve (quichua, Ecuador); ciambo (Brazil); nijon'cho (cofán, Ecuador); pamihua, sisahua (quichua, Ecuador)

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Latin name	Oenocarpus mapora H.Karst.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
Use	fd (drink, fruits, oil) pl ti
Synonym
English name	mapora oenocarpus; black palm (Panama)
French name	oenocarpe mapora
Spanish name	bacaba (Bolivia); caima, ciamba (Peru); corunto, manaco (Colombia); manquenque (Panama); mapora (Venezuela); maquenca (Panama); milpesillo (Colombia); palma mapora (Venezuela); posuí, posuy, pusuí, pusuy (Colombia); siamba, sinami, sinamillo (Peru); ungurahua pequeña (Ecuador)
Other name	bacaba, bacabaí, bacabao, bacabay, bacabi, bacabinha (Brazil); chimve (quichua, Ecuador); ciambo (Brazil); nijon'cho (cofán, Ecuador); pamihua, sisahua (quichua, Ecuador)
Trade name