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Internal ID UUID643fe4e801ee7494724448
Scientific name Oenocarpus bataua
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 23 (1823)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Jessenia bataua Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 300 (1928)

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Language Common/alternative name
English palm
Spanish jessenia weberbaueri
Spanish jessenia polycarpa
Spanish jessenia repanda
Spanish ungurahua
Spanish ungurahui
gn patagua
Japanese アマゾンココヤシ
Portuguese batauá
Portuguese putauá
Portuguese patauá
Yoruba igi ope
Yoruba ope
Chinese 巴套阿酒实棕
Chinese 巴套阿酒實棕

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Oenocarpus bataua var. bataua Unknown
Oenocarpus bataua var. oligocarpus (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) A.J.Hend. Palms Amazon : 120 (1995)

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000254536
UNII 1D939616LX
Tropicos 2400591
INPN 731676
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668510-1
The Plant List kew-138049
PFAF Oenocarpus bataua
Open Tree Of Life 947241
NCBI Taxonomy 169985
IPNI 668510-1
iNaturalist 365688
GBIF 2735462
Freebase /m/09v2n9y
EPPO IESBA
EOL 1136856
USDA GRIN 25518
Wikipedia Oenocarpus_bataua

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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
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
PMCID:PMC10742603
doi:10.3390/foods12244439
PMID:38137243
Edible Fruits from the Ecuadorian Amazon: Ethnobotany, Physicochemical Characteristics, and Bioactive Components Sánchez-Capa M, Corell González M, Mestanza-Ramón C Plants (Basel) 21-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610027
doi:10.3390/plants12203635
PMID:37896098
Comprehensive Characterization of Oils and Fats of Six Species from the Colombian Amazon Region with Industrial Potential Lozano-Garzón K, Orduz-Díaz LL, Guerrero-Perilla C, Quintero-Mendoza W, Carrillo MP, Cardona-Jaramillo JE Biomolecules 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10295824
doi:10.3390/biom13060985
PMID:37371565
Adaptations in the transformation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz; Euphorbiaceae) for consumption in the dietary management of diabetes: the case of Palikur, or Parikwene People, from French Guiana Rapinski M, Cuerrier A, Davy D Front Nutr 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10213250
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1061611
PMID:37252236
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
Antioxidant Capacity through Electrochemical Methods and Chemical Composition of Oenocarpus bataua and Gustavia macarenensis from the Ecuadorian Amazon Méndez-Durazno C, Cisneros-Perez PA, Loja-Ojeda BA, Monge-Sevilla R, Romero-Estévez D, Fernández L, Espinoza-Montero PJ Antioxidants (Basel) 30-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9952757
doi:10.3390/antiox12020318
PMID:36829877
Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs TcI and TcIV in two outbreaks of orally-transmitted Chagas disease in the Northern region of Brazil de Freitas VL, Piotto MR, Esper HR, Nakanishi EY, Fonseca CD, Assy JG, Berreta OC, França FO, Lopes MH Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 16-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9870254
doi:10.1590/S1678-9946202365007
PMID:36651468
Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia Heijink BM, Mattijs QA, Valencia R, Philip AL, Piperno DR, McMichael CN Biotropica 02-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC10108220
doi:10.1111/btp.13175
PMID:37081906
Plant-Community Vulnerability in Highly Fragmented Landscapes Is Higher in Secondary Forests Than in Old Growth Forests in the Andean–Amazonian Transition Rodríguez-León CH, Roa-Fuentes LL, Sterling A, Suárez JC Plants (Basel) 29-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9739964
doi:10.3390/plants11233284
PMID:36501322
Natural Populations of Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer in Amazonia: Genetic Diversity and Conservation Ramos SL, Lopes MT, Meneses C, Dequigiovanni G, de Macêdo JL, Lopes R, Sebbenn AM, da Silva RF, de Jesus Pinto Fraxe T, Veasey EA Plants (Basel) 02-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9655110
doi:10.3390/plants11212957
PMID:36365412
Nutritional Composition and Bioactive Compounds of Native Brazilian Fruits of the Arecaceae Family and Its Potential Applications for Health Promotion Morais RA, Teixeira GL, Ferreira SR, Cifuentes A, Block JM Nutrients 27-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9571529
doi:10.3390/nu14194009
PMID:36235663
Rhodnius (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) genus in Bolivian Amazonia: a risk for human populations? Depickère S, Villacís AG, Santillán-Guayasamín S, Callapa Rafael JE, Brenière SF, Revollo Zepita S Parasit Vectors 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9426019
doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05423-3
PMID:36038947
Antioxidant, Antiproliferative and Anti-Enzymatic Capacities, Nutritional Analysis and UHPLC-PDA-MS Characterization of Ungurahui Palm Fruits (Oenocarpus bataua Mart) from the Peruvian Amazon Vargas-Arana G, Merino-Zegarra C, del-Castillo ÁM, Quispe C, Viveros-Valdez E, Simirgiotis MJ Antioxidants (Basel) 18-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9404833
doi:10.3390/antiox11081598
PMID:36009318
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

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