MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Palm names

Portuguese

Including BRAZILIAN & related Dialects

 

 

Açaí (Brazil) -> Euterpe oleracea Mart.

Açaí-branco (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Açaí-da-terra-firma (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Açaí-da-várzea (Brazil) -> Euterpe oleracea Mart.

Açaí-do-igapó (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Açaí-do-alto-Amazonas (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Açaí-do-Amazonas (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Açaí-do-baixo-Amazonas (Brazil) -> Euterpe oleracea Mart.

Açaí-do-mato (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Açaí-do-Pará (Brazil) -> Euterpe oleracea Mart.

Açaí-espada (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Açaí-mirim (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Acumã (Brazil) -> Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc.

Areca-bambu (Brazil) -> Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Areca-vermelha (Brazil) -> Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.

Baba de boi (Brazil) -> Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Baba-de-boi (Brazil) -> Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman

Babaçu (Brazil) -> Orbignya phalerata Mart

Babaçú (Brazil) -> Attalea speciosa Mart.

Babão (Brazil) -> Syagrus comosa (Mart.) Mart.

Bacaba (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus bacaba Mart

Bacaba (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus distichus Mart.

Bacaba-do-leque (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus distichus Mart.

Bacabinha (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus mapora Karsten

Bacabinha (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus minor Mart.

Bactris (Brazil) -> Bactris spp.

Bactris (Brazil) -> Bactris balanoides H. Wendl.

Bactris (Brazil) -> Bactris ottostapfeana Barb.Rodr.

Bactris (Brazil) -> Pyrenoglyphis ottostapfeana Burret

Bacuriparí (Brazil) -> Rheedia macrophylla Planch. & Triana

Brahea (Brazil) -> Brahea serrulata H. Wendl.

Burití (Brazil) -> Mauritia flexuosa L. f.

Burití (Brazil) -> Mauritia vinifera Mart.

Buritirana (Brazil) -> Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret

Buritirana (Brazil) -> Mauritia limnophylla Barb. Rodr.

Buriti-mirim (Brazil) -> Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret

Caiaué (Brazil) -> Elaeis melanococca Gaertn.

Camedórea-bambu (Brazil) -> Chamaedorea seifrizii Burret

Camedórea-pacaia (Brazil) -> Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. ex Mart.

Caranã (Brazil) -> Mauritia aculeata Kunth

Caranã (Brazil) -> Mauritia carana Wallace

Caranã (Brazil) -> Mauritia martiana Spruce

Caranã de espinho (Brazil) -> Mauritiella aculeata (Kunth) Burret

Caranã de espinho (Brazil) -> Mauritiella martiana (Spruce) Burret

Caranaí (Brazil) -> Mauritiella armata (Mart.) Burret

Carandá (Brazil) -> Copernicia australis Becc.

Carandaguaçu (Brazil) -> Mauritia flexuosa L. f.

Carandaiguaçu (Brazil) -> Mauritia flexuosa L. f.

Catolé (Brazil) Syagrus comosa (Mart.) Mart.

Ciambo (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus multicaulis Spruce

Coco de cachorro (Brazil) Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Coco de campo (Brazil) Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc.

Coco de sapo (Brazil) Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Coco inajáy (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Coco-babão (Brazil) Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc.

Coco-catolé (Brazil) -> Syagrus schizophylla (Mart.) Glassman

Coqueiro-do-campo (Brazil) -> Syagrus flexuosa (Mart.) Becc.

Curuá piranga (Brazil) -> Attalea spectabilis Mart.

Curuá pixuna (Brazil) -> Attalea pixuna Barb.Rodr.

Curuá-y (Brazil) -> Attalea agrestis (Barb.Rodr.) Burret

Curuátinga (Brazil) -> Attalea spectabilis Mart. var. monosperma (Barb. Rodr.) Drude

Dendê (Brazil) -> Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Gerivá (Brazil) Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Guaraná (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Guassai (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Igapó (Brazil) -> Mauritia aculeata Kunth

Inajá (Brazil) -> Attalea regia (Mart.) Wess. Boer

Inajá-y (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Inajáy (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Indaya verdadeira (Brazil) -> Orbignya campestris Barb.Rodr.

Indaya-Assú (Brazil) -> Orbignya macrocarpa Barb.Rodr.

Ioçara (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Jareua (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Jareua (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Jarina (Brazil) -> Palandra aequatorialis (Spruce) O. F. Cook

Jatahy (Brazil) -> Cocos yatay Mart.

Jauarí (Brazil) -> Astrocarium jauari Mart.

Jissara (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Juçara (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Jucúm -> Bactris setosa Mart.

Jupati (Brazil) -> Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A. Henry ex Rehder

Jupaty (Brazil) -> Raphia vinifera Beauv.

Leque (Brazil) -> Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart.

Leque (Brazil) -> Livistona olivaeformis Mart.

Marajá (Brazil) -> Bactris major Jacq.

Marajá (Brazil) -> Bactris maraja Mart.

Marajá (Brazil) -> Bactris piscatorum Wedd. ex Drude

Marajá açu (Brazil) Bactris maraja Mart.

Marajá assú (Brazil) Bactris maraja Mart.

Marajá da Mata (Brazil) -> Bactris piranga Trail

Marajá da Mata (Brazil) -> Bactris piranga Trail.

Marajá rana (Brazil) -> Bactris granariuscarpa Barb.-Rodr.

Maraja-piranja (Brazil) -> Palmeira maraja-piranga. Bactris piranga Trail.

Miriti (Brazil) -> Mauritia flexuosa L. f.

Mucajá (Brazil) -> Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart.

Mumbaca (Brazil) -> Astrocaryum mumbaca Mart.

Mumbacassu (Brazil) -> Astrocarium rodriguesii Trail

Murúi (Brazil) -> Astrocarium murumuru Mart.

Murumurú (Brazil) -> Astrocarium murumuru Mart.

Murumurú-iry (Brazil) -> Astrocarium farinosum Barb. Rodr.

Mururu (Brazil) -> Astrocarium murumuru Mart.

Nenga (Brazil) -> Nenga spp.

Nenga (Brazil) -> Nenga pumila (Mart.) H. Wendl.

Palmeira-leque-de-espinho (Brazil) -> Licuala spinosa Thunb.

Palmeira maraja-piranga -> Bactris piranga Trail.

Palmeira-de-cacau (Brazil) -> Aiphanes erosa

Palmeira-de-natal (Brazil) -> Veitchia merrilli (Becc.) H. E. Moore

Palmeira-dourada (Brazil) -> Phoenicophorium borsigianum (K. Koch.) Stuntz

Palmeira-dos-brejos -> Mauritia flexuosa L. f.

Palmeira-imperial (Brazil) -> Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O. F. Cook

Palmeira-leque-de-fiji (Brazil) -> Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl.

Palmeira-princesa (Brazil) -> Dictyosperma album (Bory) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Scheff.

Palmeira-rabo-de-peixe (Brazil) -> Caryota mitis Lour.

Palmeira-real (Brazil) -> Archontophoenix alexandrae (F. Muell.) H. Wendl. & Drude

Palmeira-real-de-cuba (Brazil) -> Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook

Palmeira-real-porto-rico (Brazil) -> Roystonea borinquena O. F. Cook

Palmeira-três-quinas (Brazil) -> Dypsis decaryi (Jum.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Palmeirinha-bambu -> Chamaedorea microspadix Burret

Palmito (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Palmito (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Palmito-mole (Brazil) -> Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Patauá (Brazil) -> Jessenia bataua (Martius) Burret subsp. bataua

Patauá (Brazil) -> Oenocarpus bataua Mart. = Jessenia bataua Burret

Pati (Brazil) -> Syagrus spp.

Paxiúba (Brazil) -> Aiphanes caryotaefolia xxx

Paxiúba (Brazil) -> Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H.Wendl.

Piaçava -> Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng.

Piaçava-da-Bahia (Brazil) -> Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng.

Piaçaveira -> Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng.

Piassavas (Brazil) -> Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng.

Pina (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Pinanga (Brazil) -> Pinanga kuhlii Blume

Pinanga (Brazil) -> Pinanga spectabilis Bull.

Pinanga-rabo-de-peixe (Brazil) -> Pinanga patula Blume

Pindó (Brazil) Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Pindoba do sul (Brazil) Syagrus botryophora (Mart.) Mart.

Piririma (Brazil) Syagrus cocoides Mart.

Piririma (Brazil) -> Syagrus cocoides Mart.

Piririma (Brazil) -> Syagrus cocoides Mart.

Pupunha (Brazil) -> Bactris gasipaes Kunth

Pupunha bravo (Brazil) Bactris gasipaes Kunth var. chichagui (H. Karst.) Andr. Hend.

Pupunha de Porco (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Pupunha Rana (Brazil) -> Syagrus speciosa (Barb. Rodr.) Barb. Rodr.

Pupunha-de-Porco (Brazil) -> Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc.

Rabo-de-peixe (Brazil) -> Caryota spp.

Rabo-de-peixe (Brazil) -> Caryota plumosa hort. ex Voll & Brade

Rabo-de-peixe (Brazil) -> Caryota urens L.

Sabal (Brazil) -> Sabal spp.

Sabal-da-flórida (Brazil) -> Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

Spicatus (Brazil) -> Calyptrocalyx spicatus (Lam.) Blume

Tagua -> Palandra aequatorialis (Spruce) O. F. Cook

Tamareira-das-canárias (Brazil) -> Phoenix canariensis hort. ex Chabaud

Tamareira-do-senegal (Brazil) -> Phoenix reclinata Jacq.

Tamareira-pequena (Brazil) -> Phoenix roebelenii O'Brien

Trinax (Brazil) -> Thrinax excelsa Lodd. & Griseb.

Tucanieiro (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Tucum (Brazil) -> Bactris setosa Mart.

Tucum bravo Bactris maraja Mart.

Tucumã (Brazil) -> Astrocarium vulgare Mart.

Uaçaí (Brazil) -> Euterpe edulis Mart.

Urucurí (Brazil) -> Attalea excelsa Mart. ex Spreng.

 

 

REFERENCES used during the compilation of this index

 

Bovi Marilene L. A. & de Castro Aline (Dr.), 1993, Assaí. As part of Selected Species and Strategies to Enhance Income Generation from the Tropical Forest by Jason W. Clay & Charles R. Clement. Working Paper - FAO Corporate Document Repository. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. < http://www.fao.org/docrep/v0784e/v0784e00.htm#Contents >.

de Castro Aline (Dr.), 1993, Buriti. As part of Selected Species and Strategies to Enhance Income Generation from the Tropical Forest by Jason W. Clay & Charles R. Clement. Working Paper - FAO Corporate Document Repository. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. < http://www.fao.org/docrep/v0784e/v0784e00.htm#Contents >.

DMZ Brasil, 2003, Brasmazon, Indústria de Oleaginosas e Produtos da Amazônia. < http://www.brasmazon.com.br/nossosprodutos/materiasprimas.htm >.

IPGRI, 2000, FRUITS FROM AMERICA - An Ethnobotanical Inventory. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. < http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/ipgri/fruits_from_americas/frutales/family.htm >.

IPNI, 2003, International Plant Name Index. Online Database. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

 

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