Mauritia flexuosa
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fe2da9fc2d442757449 |
| Scientific name | Mauritia flexuosa |
| Authority | L.f. |
| First published in | Suppl. Pl. : 454 (1782) |
Description Top
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Mauritia flexuosa, also known as the moriche palm, is a tall palm tree found in tropical South America. It grows in wet areas and can reach up to 35 meters in height. The tree produces large leaves and yellow flowers, and its fruit is a chestnut color with a hard nut inside. The fruit is edible and used to make various products such as juice, jam, and ice cream. The tree is also important for its oil, which is high in nutrients and used as ink. Many animal species, including birds, tapirs, and monkeys, rely on the moriche palm for food and shelter. The tree was famously described as a "tree of life" by Alexander von Humboldt, and it is considered a keystone species in its ecosystem. In Brazil, the government building in the capital city is named after the tree, and a moriche palm tree stands in a nearby square.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Mauritia minor | Burret | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1 (1930) |
| Mauritia sagus | Schult.f. | Syst. Veg. 7: 1321 (1830) |
| Mauritia setigera | Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex Griseb. | Fl. Brit. W. I. : 515 (1864) |
| Mauritia sphaerocarpa | Burret | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 569 (1929) |
| Mauritia vinifera | Mart. | Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 42 (1824) |
| Saguerus americanus | H.Wendl. | Palmiers : 256 (1878) |
| Mauritia flexuosa var. venezuelana | Steyerm. | Fieldiana, Bot. 28(1): 90 (1951) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | moreche palm |
| English | morete palm |
| English | ita palm |
| English | muriti |
| English | moriche palm |
| Spanish | mirití |
| Spanish | palma de moriche |
| Spanish | moriche |
| Spanish | miriti |
| Spanish | canangucha |
| Spanish | burití |
| Spanish | buriti |
| Spanish | aguaje |
| Spanish | palma moriche |
| Bulgarian | обикновена маврициева палма |
| Catalan | moritxe |
| Catalan | buriti |
| Czech | mauricie ohebná |
| Czech | mauricie převislá |
| German | buriti-palme |
| German | aguaje |
| German | buriti |
| Persian | موریچ |
| Persian | درخت موریچ |
| Finnish | maurinpalmu |
| French | aguaje |
| French | palmier-bâche |
| gn | mburiti |
| Hungarian | buritipálma |
| Hungarian | kis móricpálma |
| Japanese | オオミテングヤシ |
| Lithuanian | lanksčioji mauricija |
| Dutch | morichepalm |
| Dutch | mauritiepalm |
| Dutch | moriche |
| Dutch | mauritiuspalm |
| Portuguese | miriti |
| Portuguese | buriti |
| Portuguese | buritizeiro |
| Portuguese | carandá-guaçu |
| Portuguese | carandaí-guaçu |
| Portuguese | coqueiro-buriti |
| Portuguese | muruti |
| Portuguese | muriti |
| Portuguese | muritim |
| Portuguese | pe de buriti |
| Portuguese | palmeira de buriti |
| Portuguese | palmeira-dos-brejos |
| Chinese | 曲叶矛榈 |
| Chinese | 湿地棕 |
| Chinese | 波叶湿地棕 |
| Chinese | 毛瑞榈 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Brazil
- Brazil North
- Brazil Northeast
- Brazil Southeast
- Brazil West-central
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Caribbean
- Trinidad-Tobago
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Northern South America
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Suriname
- Venezuela
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Western South America
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Peru
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Brazil
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000238075 |
| UNII | 83ULF8L5FI |
| USDA Plants | MAFL8 |
| Tropicos | 2400676 |
| INPN | 731673 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668158-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-122230 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 811306 |
| Observations.org | 408703 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 93293 |
| IPNI | 668158-1 |
| iNaturalist | 154979 |
| GBIF | 5294777 |
| Freebase | /m/068xm4 |
| EPPO | MUAFL |
| EOL | 1138930 |
| Elurikkus | 506758 |
| US Library of Congress | sh85082307 |
| USDA GRIN | 23489 |
| Wikipedia | Mauritia_flexuosa |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| A Scoping Review on Carotenoid Profiling in Passiflora spp.: A Vast Avenue for Expanding the Knowledge on the Species | Leite MD, Bobrowski Rodrigues D, Brison R, Nepomuceno F, Bento ML, de Oliveira LD | Molecules | 02-Apr-2024 |
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| Melissopalynological Analysis of Honey from French Guiana | Jiang W, Battesti MJ, Yang Y, Jean-Marie É, Costa J, Béreau D, Paolini J, Robinson JC | Foods | 31-Mar-2024 |
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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 |
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| Citizen science data on urban forageable plants: a case study in Brazil | Soares FM, Ferreira Pires L, Garcia MC, Coradin L, Ghilardi-Lopes NP, Silva RR, de Carvalho AM, Gavai A, Bouzembrak Y, Maculan BC, Koffler S, Montedo UB, Drucker DP, Santiago R, de Carvalho MC, Lima AC, Gabriel HD, de França SG, de Almeida KR, dos Santos BJ, Saraiva AM | GigaByte | 21-Feb-2024 |
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| Transmission ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi by Rhodnius prolixus (Reduviidae: Triatominae) infesting palm-tree species in the Colombian Orinoco, indicates risks to human populations | Urbano P, Hernández C, Velásquez-Ortiz N, Ballesteros N, Páez-Triana L, Vega L, Urrea V, Ramírez A, Muñoz M, Ibarra-Cerdeña CN, González C, Ramírez JD | PLoS Negl Trop Dis | 20-Feb-2024 |
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| Green Solvents for Extraction of Natural Food Colorants from Plants: Selectivity and Stability Issues | Tzanova MT, Yaneva Z, Ivanova D, Toneva M, Grozeva N, Memdueva N | Foods | 16-Feb-2024 |
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| Sustainable Green Extraction of Carotenoid Pigments: Innovative Technologies and Bio-Based Solvents | Morón-Ortiz Á, Mapelli-Brahm P, Meléndez-Martínez AJ | Antioxidants (Basel) | 15-Feb-2024 |
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| Mapping the Silent Threat: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chagas Disease Occurrence in Riverside Communities in the Western Amazon | Paixão DD, Portela Madeira F, Costa de Jesus A, Paixão HC, Camargo JD, Ribeiro MA, José Ramos L, de Oliveira J, Aristeu da Rosa J, Bernarde PS, Pereira Relvas A, Basano SD, Aranha Camargo LM, Meneguetti DU | Pathogens | 15-Feb-2024 |
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| Structural and Biomechanical Properties of Supramolecular Nanofiber-Based Hydrogels in Biomedicine | Pugliese R | Biomedicines | 17-Jan-2024 |
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| 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 |
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| Understanding different dominance patterns in western Amazonian forests | Matas‐Granados L, Draper FC, Cayuela L, de Aledo JG, Arellano G, Saadi CB, Baker TR, Phillips OL, Honorio Coronado EN, Ruokolainen K, García‐Villacorta R, Roucoux KH, Guèze M, Sandoval EV, Fine PV, Amasifuen Guerra CA, Gomez RZ, Stevenson Diaz PR, Monteagudo‐Mendoza A, Martinez RV, Socolar JB, Disney M, del Aguila Pasquel J, Llampazo GF, Arenas JV, Huaymacari JR, Grandez Rios JM, Macía MJ | Ecol Lett | 18-Dec-2023 |
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| Characterization of Brazilian Buriti oil biomaterial: the influence on the physical, chemical properties and behaviour of Goat Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells | de Carvalho CE, Reis FD, Silva ER, Bezerra DD, Pacheco IK, Fialho AC, de Matos JM, de Melo WG, Leite YK, Argôlo NM Neto, de Carvalho MA | Anim Reprod | 11-Dec-2023 |
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| Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity in 51 Minor Tropical Fruits of Ecuador | Coyago-Cruz E, Guachamin A, Villacís M, Rivera J, Neto M, Méndez G, Heredia-Moya J, Vera E | Foods | 11-Dec-2023 |
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| Nutritional and Technological Properties of Albino Peach Palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon: Influence of Cooking and Drying | Soares SD, dos Santos OV, da Conceição LR, Costi HT, Silva Júnior JO, do Nascimento FD, Pena RD | Foods | 01-Dec-2023 |
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| Novel Organogels from Mauritia flexuosa L.f and Caryodendron orinocense Karst.: A Topical Alternative | Narvaez LE, Carrillo MP, Cardona-Jaramillo JE, Vallejo BM, Ferreira LM, Silva-Júnior JO, Ribeiro-Costa RM | Pharmaceutics | 27-Nov-2023 |
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