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Internal ID UUID643feb0051bc9047625708
Scientific name Attalea speciosa
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 138 (1826)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Orbignya barbosiana Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 690 (1932)
Orbignya brejinhoensis Glassman Illinois Biol. Monogr. 59: 84 (1999)
Orbignya cuci Kunth ex H.Wendl. Palmiers : 252 (1878)
Orbignya huebneri Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 501 (1929)
Orbignya lydiae Drude Fl. Bras. 3(2): 448 (1881)
Orbignya macropetala Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 507 (1929)
Orbignya martiana Barb.Rodr. Palm. Mattogross. Nov. : 68 (1898)
Orbignya oleifera Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 240 (1938)
Orbignya phalerata Mart. Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 126 (1844)
Orbignya speciosa Barb.Rodr. Sert. Palm. Brasil. 1: 60 (1903)
Attalea lydiae Barb.Rodr. Sert. Palm. Brasil. 1: 65 (1903)
Attalea glassmanii Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002)
Heptantra phalerata (Mart.) O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 277 (1939)
Attalea brejinhoensis (Glassman) Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002)
Attalea vitrivir Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002)

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Language Common/alternative name
English babaçu
English babassu
English babassu palm
English babassu-oil palm
English cusi
English cusi palm
German orbignya phalerata
German orbignya martiana
German babassu-palme
German babaçu-palme
German babassupalme
Esperanto babasuo
Croatian babassu
Japanese ババス
mwl babaçu
Portuguese babaçu
Serbo-Croatian babassu
Turkish babaçu
Chinese 奥达尔椰
Chinese 巴巴蘇
Chinese 巴巴蘇棕櫚樹
Chinese 巴西棕櫚
Chinese 巴西棕榈
Chinese 巴巴苏
Chinese 美艳直叶椰子

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • Suriname
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000296598
UNII 86U1G8MUQ3
Tropicos 50237823
INPN 929856
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664470-1
The Plant List kew-17840
Open Tree Of Life 293006
NCBI Taxonomy 145700
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0021195889
IUCN Red List 111454030
IPNI 664470-1
iNaturalist 364354
GBIF 2732877
Freebase /m/026wh99
EPPO ORBMA
EOL 1131651
US Library of Congress sh85010721
USDA GRIN 6067
Wikipedia Attalea_speciosa
Tropicos 50225114
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008128-1
The Plant List kew-221060
Open Tree Of Life 475986
NCBI Taxonomy 682601
IPNI 20008128-1
iNaturalist 364308
GBIF 2732815
EOL 1126164
Tropicos 50225134
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008149-1
The Plant List kew-221083
Open Tree Of Life 3948038
NCBI Taxonomy 1933375
IPNI 20008149-1
iNaturalist 364352
GBIF 2732861
EOL 1126146

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Mechanical and Ballistic Properties of Epoxy Composites Reinforced with Babassu Fibers (Attalea speciosa) Chaves YS, Monteiro SN, Nascimento LF, Rio TG Polymers (Basel) 26-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11013200
doi:10.3390/polym16070913
PMID:38611171
Coupling remote sensing and eDNA to monitor environmental impact: A pilot to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon Dyson K, Nicolau AP, Tenneson K, Francesconi W, Daniels A, Andrich G, Caldas B, Castaño S, de Campos N, Dilger J, Guidotti V, Jaques I, McCullough IM, McDevitt AD, Molina L, Nekorchuk DM, Newberry T, Pereira CL, Perez J, Richards-Dimitrie T, Rivera O, Rodriguez B, Sales N, Tello J, Wespestad C, Zutta B, Saah D PLoS One 14-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10866516
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0289437
PMID:38354171
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
Protection against insect predation during fruit development: the role of fleshy fruit wings of three species of Zygophyllum in the cold desert of Central Asia Xie K, Qiu J, Mamut J, Li Y, Tan D Front Plant Sci 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10682714
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1267714
PMID:38034578
Insights into the evolutionary history of the most skilled tool-handling platyrrhini monkey: Sapajus libidinosus from the Serra da Capivara National Park Lima T, Fam B, Tavares GM, Falótico T, Cantele C, Fanti L, Landau L, Viscardi LH, Vargas-Pinilla P, Barrientos-Diaz O, Pissinatti A, Sortica VA, Ottoni EB, Segatto AL, Turchetto-Zolet AC, Bortolini MC Genet Mol Biol 10-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10637428
doi:10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2023-0165
PMID:37948505
Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) sensu stricto in a degraded area of the Amazon biome, with notes on Rickettsia amblyommatis infection de Araújo FE, Martins TF, Ramos CC, Nogueira RM, Faccini JL, Tavares MA, de Lima NJ, de Almeida Júnior EB, de Sousa-Paula LC, Dantas-Torres F, da Silva Krawczak F, Costa-Junior LM, Labruna MB, Dall′Agnol LT, Luz HR Parasit Vectors 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10612284
doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05978-9
PMID:37891604
FT-MIR-ATR Associated with Chemometrics Methods: A Preliminary Analysis of Deterioration State of Brazil Nut Oil da Silva BS, Ferreira NR, Alamar PD, de Melo e Silva T, Pinheiro WB, dos Santos LN, Alves CN Molecules 29-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10574611
doi:10.3390/molecules28196878
PMID:37836721
Babassu Coconut Fibers: Investigation of Chemical and Surface Properties (Attalea speciosa.) Chaves YS, da Silveira PH, Monteiro SN, Nascimento LF Polymers (Basel) 23-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10574988
doi:10.3390/polym15193863
PMID:37835912
Nesting innovations in neotropical parrots associated to anthropogenic environmental changes Romero‐Vidal P, Blanco G, Hiraldo F, Díaz‐Luque JA, Luna Á, Lera D, Zalba S, Carrete M, Tella JL Ecol Evol 01-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10472518
doi:10.1002/ece3.10462
PMID:37664499
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
Hunting practices in southwestern Amazonia: a comparative study of techniques, modalities, and baits among urban and rural hunters Oliveira MA, Braga-Pereira F, El Bizri HR, Morcatty TQ, Doria CR, Messias MR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10318826
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00599-z
PMID:37400859
Amazonian Invertebrates in the Traditional diet of the Paiter Suruí in Southeastern Brazil Molina AA, Ferreira MJ, Oyaxaka Suruí L, Norder LA, Costa Neto EM, Clement CR Hum Ecol Interdiscip J 28-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10044069
doi:10.1007/s10745-023-00402-3
PMID:37122818
Morphological-anatomical and chemical features of Copernicia alba fruits and seeds, a palm from Brazilian Pantanal da Silva RH, Silva AB, Arruda R, Vargas IP, Zanoelo FF, Damasceno Junior GA, Pott A, Arruda RD PLoS One 10-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10004538
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282775
PMID:36897866
Prospecting Plant Extracts and Bioactive Molecules with Antimicrobial Activity in Brazilian Biomes: A Review de Queiroz JC, Leite JR, Vasconcelos AG Antibiotics (Basel) 21-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10044579
doi:10.3390/antibiotics12030427
PMID:36978294
Crafts as a key factor in local development: Bibliometric analysis Fernández Bellver D, Prados-Peña MB, García-López AM, Molina-Moreno V Heliyon 16-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9938480
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13039
PMID:36820181

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Tridecane 12388 Click to see 184.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
1-Heptene 11610 Click to see CCCCCC=C 98.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
1-Octene 8125 Click to see CCCCCCC=C 112.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
1-Undecene 13190 Click to see 154.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Myristic Acid 11005 Click to see 228.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids
Capric Acid 2969 Click to see CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 172.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
Lauric Acid 3893 Click to see 200.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF00120A031
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,9S,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-9-methoxy-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene 15226333 Click to see 440.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00173-5

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