Astrocaryum vulgare

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Internal ID UUID643feaa4755ab631274933
Scientific name Astrocaryum vulgare
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 74 (1824)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Astrocaryum awarra de Vriese Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1848: 12 (1848)
Astrocaryum guianense Splitg. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 323 (1853)
Astrocaryum segregatum Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 382 (1881)
Astrocaryum tucumoides Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 381 (1881)

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Language Common/alternative name
English awarra palm
English tucum palm
English tucuma palm
Czech hvězdora obecná
eml tucùm
Esperanto tukumo
Persian نخل توکوم
French toucoum
French tucum
ia tucùm
Italian tucum
lmo tucum
lmo tucùm
Dutch awarra
Portuguese tucum
Quechua wikunku
Russian Авара (растение)
scn tucùm
Chinese 星实榈
Chinese 星實櫚
Chinese 食用星果椰子

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000294026
UNII 2Z178W0NLL
Tropicos 2400186
INPN 731631
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664361-1
The Plant List kew-17587
Open Tree Of Life 731865
NCBI Taxonomy 446117
IUCN Red List 111453461
IPNI 664361-1
iNaturalist 364302
GBIF 2738076
Freebase /m/026mgtv
EPPO AOYVU
EOL 1132037
USDA GRIN 5941
Wikipedia Astrocaryum_vulgare
PFAF Astrocaryum vulgare

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Amazonian useful plants described in the book “Le Pays des Amazones” (1885) of the Brazilian propagandist Baron de Santa-Anna Nery: a historical and ethnobotanical perspective Silva LN, Oliveira EC, Baratto LC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10897987
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00663-2
PMID:38409064
Editorial: Greenhouse gases mitigation strategies in grazing ruminants Lima PD, Paim TD, McAllister T Front Vet Sci 16-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10824848
doi:10.3389/fvets.2024.1360276
PMID:38292463
Amazonian palm tree fruits: From nutritional value to diversity of new food products Amorim IS, Amorim DS, Godoy HT, Mariutti LR, Chisté RC, da Silva Pena R, Bogusz Junior S, Chim JF Heliyon 06-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10823109
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24054
PMID:38288015
Lambs supplemented with Amazonian oilseed co-products: Meat quality and fatty acid profile de Castro VC, Budel JC, Rodrigues TC, Silva BA, Joset WC, de Lima AC, Souza SM, Bessa RJ, Alves SP, da Silva JA, Joele MR, Maciel e Silva AG, Lourenço-Júnior JD PLoS One 19-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10729964
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293897
PMID:38113204
Exotic fruits patents trends: An overview based on technological prospection with a focus on Amazonian Rodrigues LD, Nunes DD, Hodel KV, Viana JD, Silva EP, Soares MB Heliyon 04-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10686867
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22060
PMID:38046170
Wall Materials for Encapsulating Bioactive Compounds via Spray-Drying: A Review Díaz-Montes E Polymers (Basel) 12-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10303636
doi:10.3390/polym15122659
PMID:37376305
Methane emission, intake, digestibility, performance and blood metabolites in sheep supplemented with cupuassu and tucuma cake in the eastern Amazon Budel JC, de Castro VC, de Souza SM, Nahúm BD, Barbosa AV, Rodrigues LS, Berndt A, Rennó LN, de Morais E, da Silva JA, Rodrigues TC, Silva AG, Lourenço-Junior JD Front Vet Sci 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10167019
doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1106619
PMID:37180068
Antioxidant and Lipid-Lowering Effects of Buriti Oil (Mauritia flexuosa L.) Administered to Iron-Overloaded Rats de Souza Aquino J, Batista KS, Araujo-Silva G, dos Santos DC, de Brito NJ, López JA, da Silva JA, das Graças Almeida M, Pincheira CG, Magnani M, de Pontes Pessoa DC, Stamford TL Molecules 13-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10056315
doi:10.3390/molecules28062585
PMID:36985557
Combination of Spray-Chilling and Spray-Drying Techniques to Protect Carotenoid-Rich Extracts from Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Byproducts, Aiming at the Production of a Powdered Natural Food Dye de Lima PM, Dacanal GC, Pinho LS, de Sá SH, Thomazini M, Favaro-Trindade CS Molecules 03-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9656533
doi:10.3390/molecules27217530
PMID:36364352
Microencapsulation by Spray Drying and Antioxidant Activity of Phenolic Compounds from Tucuma Coproduct (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.) Almonds Ferreira LM, Pereira RR, de Carvalho-Guimarães FB, Remígio MS, Barbosa WL, Ribeiro-Costa RM, Silva-Júnior JO Polymers (Basel) 18-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9317265
doi:10.3390/polym14142905
PMID:35890687
Emerging Lipids from Arecaceae Palm Fruits in Brazil Teixeira GL, Ibañez E, Block JM Molecules 29-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9268242
doi:10.3390/molecules27134188
PMID:35807433
Nutraceutical potential of Amazonian oilseeds in modulating the immune system against COVID-19 – A narrative review Santos OV, Pinaffi Langley AC, Mota de Lima AJ, Vale Moraes VS, Dias Soares S, Teixeira-Costa BE J Funct Foods 24-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9127052
doi:10.1016/j.jff.2022.105123
PMID:35634457
A Review of Potential Use of Amazonian Oils in the Synthesis of Organogels for Cosmetic Application Mosquera Narvaez LE, Ferreira LM, Sanches S, Alesa Gyles D, Silva-Júnior JO, Ribeiro Costa RM Molecules 24-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9100349
doi:10.3390/molecules27092733
PMID:35566084
Migrant Pharmacopoeias: An Ethnobotanical Survey of Four Caribbean Communities in Amazonia (French Guiana) Tareau MA, Greene A, Palisse M, Odonne G Econ Bot 20-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8528477
doi:10.1007/s12231-021-09529-0
PMID:34697504
An Overview on Nutritional Aspects of Plant-Based Beverages Used as Substitutes for Cow’s Milk Fructuoso I, Romão B, Han H, Raposo A, Ariza-Montes A, Araya-Castillo L, Zandonadi RP Nutrients 30-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8399839
doi:10.3390/nu13082650
PMID:34444815

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