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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

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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
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
Impact Resistance of Epoxy Composites Reinforced with Amazon Guaruman Fiber: A Brief Report Reis RH, Garcia Filho FC, Nunes LF, Candido VS, Silva AC, Monteiro SN Polymers (Basel) 10-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8309361
doi:10.3390/polym13142264
PMID:34301022
Green Extraction by Ultrasound, Microencapsulation by Spray Drying and Antioxidant Activity of the Tucuma Coproduct (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.) Almonds Ferreira LM, Pereira RR, de Carvalho FB, Silva Santos A, Ribeiro-Costa RM, Carréra Silva Júnior JO Biomolecules 08-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8068271
doi:10.3390/biom11040545
PMID:33917892
Ballistic Performance of Guaruman Fiber Composites in Multilayered Armor System and as Single Target Reis RH, Nunes LF, da Luz FS, Candido VS, da Silva AC, Monteiro SN Polymers (Basel) 08-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8068205
doi:10.3390/polym13081203
PMID:33917764
The Potential of Selected Agri-Food Loss and Waste to Contribute to a Circular Economy: Applications in the Food, Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Industries Osorio LL, Flórez-López E, Grande-Tovar CD Molecules 19-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7835992
doi:10.3390/molecules26020515
PMID:33478152
Edible Fruit Plant Species in the Amazon Forest Rely Mostly on Bees and Beetles as Pollinators Paz FS, Pinto CE, de Brito RM, Imperatriz-Fonseca VL, Giannini TC J Econ Entomol 13-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC8042744
doi:10.1093/jee/toaa284
PMID:33440000
In vitro antagonistic inhibitory effects of palm seed crude oils and their main constituent, lauric acid, with oxacillin in Staphylococcus aureus Lalouckova K, Skrivanova E, Rondevaldova J, Frankova A, Soukup J, Kokoska L Sci Rep 08-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7794437
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80481-0
PMID:33420288
Environmental Screening of Fonsecaea Agents of Chromoblastomycosis Using Rolling Circle Amplification Voidaleski MF, Gomes RR, de Azevedo CD, Lima BJ, Costa FD, Bombassaro A, Fornari G, Cristina Lopes da Silva I, Andrade LV, Lustosa BP, Najafzadeh MJ, de Hoog GS, Vicente VA J Fungi (Basel) 17-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7712894
doi:10.3390/jof6040290
PMID:33212756
Tucum Fiber from Amazon Astrocaryum vulgare Palm Tree: Novel Reinforcement for Polymer Composites Oliveira MS, da Luz FS, Teixeira Souza A, Demosthenes LC, Pereira AC, Filho FD, Braga FD, Figueiredo AB, Monteiro SN Polymers (Basel) 01-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7599703
doi:10.3390/polym12102259
PMID:33019570

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