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Internal ID UUID643feae970252336296901
Scientific name Attalea funifera
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 136 (1826)

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Attalea funifera, also known as the Bahia piassava, is a type of palm tree found in eastern Brazil. This species is a significant source of piassava fiber, which is commonly used in the production of brooms and brushes.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lithocarpos cocciformis Targ.-Tozz. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 56 (1841).
Attalea acaulis Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 103 (1933)
Sarinia funifera (Mart.) O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 21: 78 (1942)

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Language Common/alternative name
English piassaba palm
English oil palm
English bahia piassaba palm
English piassava palm
German piassava
German piassave
German piassavabesen
German para grass
German monkey grass
Esperanto piasabo
Japanese ブラジルゾウゲヤシ
Norwegian Bokmål piassava
Dutch piassave
Dutch piassava
Polish atalia brazylijska
Portuguese piaçá
Portuguese piaçava
Portuguese piaçaba
Swedish bahiapiassavapalm
Swedish piassava
Swedish piasava
Chinese 亚塔棕

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000296146
USDA Plants ATFU
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664434-1
The Plant List kew-17793
Open Tree Of Life 475976
NCBI Taxonomy 682604
IUCN Red List 44393022
IPNI 26565-2
iNaturalist 128982
GBIF 2732833
Freebase /m/026q9_x
EPPO ATTFU
EOL 1131796
USDA GRIN 6061
Wikipedia Attalea_funifera

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Performance of castor oil polyurethane resin in composite with the piassava fibers residue from the Amazon Rabelo Aparício R, Machado dos Santos G, Siqueira Magalhães Rebelo V, Mansanares Giacon V, Gomes da Silva C Sci Rep 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955110
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-54000-4
PMID:38509122
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
Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review Mendoza JN, Hanazaki N, Prūse B, Martini A, Bittner MV, Kochalski S, Macusi E, Ciriaco A, Mattalia G, Sõukand R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10693712
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00630-3
PMID:38042774
Chemical Properties and Biological Activity of Bee Pollen Rodríguez-Pólit C, Gonzalez-Pastor R, Heredia-Moya J, Carrera-Pacheco SE, Castillo-Solis F, Vallejo-Imbaquingo R, Barba-Ostria C, Guamán LP Molecules 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708394
doi:10.3390/molecules28237768
PMID:38067498
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
Resveratrol-Loaded Attalea funifera Oil Organogel Nanoparticles: A Potential Nanocarrier against A375 Human Melanoma Cells Dourado D, Batista FP, Philadelpho BO, de Souza ML, de Cerqueira e Silva MB, de Grandis RA, Miranda PA, Colauto NB, Pereira DT, Formiga FR, Cilli EM, Pavan FR, Oliveira de Souza C, Ferreira ED Int J Mol Sci 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10419039
doi:10.3390/ijms241512112
PMID:37569487
Potential of Using Amazon Natural Fibers to Reinforce Cementitious Composites: A Review de Lima TE, de Azevedo AR, Marvila MT, Candido VS, Fediuk R, Monteiro SN Polymers (Basel) 08-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8840473
doi:10.3390/polym14030647
PMID:35160636
Pretreatment Affects Activated Carbon from Piassava Castro JP, Nobre JR, Napoli A, Trugilho PF, Tonoli GH, Wood DF, Bianchi ML Polymers (Basel) 02-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7408171
doi:10.3390/polym12071483
PMID:32630684
Data generated by the hybridization of mechanical properties of composite reinforced by piassava fiber fabric de Oliveira Filho GC, de Sousa Mota RC, da Conceição AC, Leão MA, de Araujo Filho OO Data Brief 20-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6280552
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.084
PMID:30555871
Chemical Composition and Food Potential of Pachymerus nucleorum Larvae Parasitizing Acrocomia aculeata Kernels Alves AV, Sanjinez Argandoña EJ, Linzmeier AM, Cardoso CA, Macedo ML PLoS One 31-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4816322
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152125
PMID:27031500
Towards a deeper understanding of structural biomass recalcitrance using phase-contrast tomography Isaac A, Barboza V, Sket FI, D’Almeida JR, Montoro LA, Hilger A, Manke I Biotechnol Biofuels 10-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4364314
doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0229-8
PMID:25788981
Batrachedra nuciferae, an Inflorescence-Feeding Moth Associated with Coconut, Cocos nucifera, and Palmiste, Roystonea oleracea, in Trinidad, West Indies Cock MJ J Insect Sci 05-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC4014044
doi:10.1673/031.013.12401
PMID:24786569

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