Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
SYNONYM(S) : Astrocaryum aureum Griseb. & H. Wendl., Astrocaryum tucuma Mart.
CHINESE : Pi ci xing guo zong.
ENGLISH : Star-nut palm, Tucum palm, Tucuma.
FRENCH : Tucum.
GERMAN : Awaiting feedback.
PORTUGUESE : Tucumã.
SPANISH : Chonta (Bolivia), Tucumá.
Astrocaryum alatum H. F. Loomis
PORTUGUESE : Awaiting feedback.
PORTUGUESE : Tucúm, Tucuma, Tucumã.
SPANISH : Chambira (Peru), Cumare.
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Astrocarium
farinosum Barb. Rodr.
PORTUGUESE : Murumurú-iry (Brazil).
PORTUGUESE : Jauarí (Brazil).
SPANISH : Albarico (Venezuela), Chambirilla (Peru), Huiririma (Peru).
Astrocaryum
mexicanum Liebm. ex Mart.
CHINESE : Xing guo zong.
FRENCH : Palmier du Méxique à fruits en étoile.
PORTUGUESE : Mumbaca (Brazil).
CHINESE : Mu lu xing guo zong.
ENGLISH : Murumuru palm.
PORTUGUESE : Murumuru, Mururu, Muruí.
PORTUGUESE : Mumbacassu (Brazil)
Astrocaryum standleyanum L.H.Bailey
ENGLISH : Panama star-nut palm.
SYNONYM(S) : Astrocaryum awarra de Vries, Astrocaryum segregatum Drude
ENGLISH : Awarra palm, Tucum palm, Tucuma palm.
FRENCH : Aoura.
PORTUGUESE : Tucumã (Brazil).
SPANISH : Cumare, Tucuma.
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Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?Astrocaryum (06 March 2003).
Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
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