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Phytelephas macrocarpa

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID643fe7b3cf1fd729566125
Scientific name Phytelephas macrocarpa
Authority Ruiz & Pav.
First published in Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. : 301 (1798)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Phytelephas brachelus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913)
Phytelephas brachinus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913)
Phytelephas brevipes O.F.Cook J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 142. 1913
Phytelephas cornutus O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913)
Phytelephas karstenii O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 227 (1927)
Phytelephas longiflora O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 227 (1927)
Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. schottii (H.Wendl.) Barfod Opera Bot. 109: 60 (1991)
Phytelephas microcarpa Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. : 302 (1798)
Phytelephas pittieri O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 142 (1913)
Phytelephas seemannii O.F.Cook Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 242: 68 (1912)
Yarina microcarpa O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 223 (1927)
Elephantusia macrocarpa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 1156 (1806)
Elephantusia microcarpa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 1157 (1806)
Phytelephas schottii H.Wendl. Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 119 (1860)
Phytelephas seemannii subsp. brevipes (O.F.Cook) Barfod Opera Bot. 105: 64 (1991)

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Language Common/alternative name
English ivory nut palm
English ivory palm
English large-fruited ivory palm
Catalan palmera de vori
Czech slonovník velkoplodý
Upper Sorbian wšědny kamjentny worjech
Polish słoniorośl wielkoowocowa
Polish słoniówka wielkoowocowa
Polish słoniak wielkoowocowy
Quechua yarina
Slovenian slonokoščena palma
Chinese 泽曼象牙椰
Chinese 肖特象牙椰
Chinese 象牙椰

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Panamá
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000273237
USDA Plants PHMA20
Tropicos 2400604
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668996-1
The Plant List kew-155974
Open Tree Of Life 287654
NCBI Taxonomy 115507
IPNI 668996-1
iNaturalist 365763
GBIF 2736300
EPPO PJPMA
EOL 1134664
USDA GRIN 28245
Wikipedia Phytelephas_macrocarpa

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Differing structures of galactoglucomannan in eudicots and non-eudicot angiosperms Ishida K, Ohba Y, Yoshimi Y, Wilson LF, Echevarría-Poza A, Yu L, Iwai H, Dupree P PLoS One 21-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10735049
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0289581
PMID:38127933
Antibacterial activity of hexane and methanol fractions of some selected plants against Klebsiella pneumoniae Andriani Y, Hanifah W, Kholieqoh AH, Abdul Majid FA, Hermansyah H, Amir H, Muhammad TS J Adv Pharm Technol Res 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10483901
doi:10.4103/JAPTR.JAPTR_183_23
PMID:37692002
Heteroverticillium phytelephatis gen. et sp. nov. intercepted from nuts of Phytelephas macrocarpa, with an updated phylogenetic assessment of Nectriaceae Li X, Han SL, Zhang YY, Cai L, Zhao P Mycology 11-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10424595
doi:10.1080/21501203.2023.2210603
PMID:37583458
Biogeographical Relationships and Diversity in the Peruvian Flora Reported by Hipólito Ruiz and José Pavón: Vegetation, Uses and Anthropology Arias-Gámez JM, Linares-Perea E, Vicente-Orellana JA, Galán-de-Mera A Biology (Basel) 13-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9953382
doi:10.3390/biology12020294
PMID:36829570
Functional packaging of seeds Huss JC, Gierlinger N New Phytol 03-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8252473
doi:10.1111/nph.17299
PMID:33629369
Inventory data on Brazilian Amazon׳s non-wood native biomass sources for bioenergy production Flores JA, Konrad O, Flores CR, Schroder NT Data Brief 22-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6171085
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.050
PMID:30294647
Genome‐wide discovery of tissue‐specific miRNAs in clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) indicates their association with galactomannan biosynthesis Tyagi A, Nigam D, S. V. AM, Solanke AU, Singh NK, Sharma TR, Gaikwad K Plant Biotechnol J 11-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5978871
doi:10.1111/pbi.12866
PMID:29193664
African Forest Honey: an Overlooked NTFP with Potential to Support Livelihoods and Forests Lowore J, Meaton J, Wood A Environ Manage 08-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5999120
doi:10.1007/s00267-018-1015-8
PMID:29520438
Asháninka Palm Management and Domestication in the Peruvian Amazon Sosnowska J, Walanus A, Balslev H Hum Ecol Interdiscip J 10-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4512279
doi:10.1007/s10745-015-9745-1
PMID:26213438
Seeds used for Bodhi beads in China Li F, Li J, Liu B, Zhuo J, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC3914368
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-15
PMID:24479788
Primate abundance and habitat preferences on the lower Urubamba and Tambo rivers, central–eastern Peruvian Amazonia Aquino R, Cornejo FM, Heymann EW Primates 10-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3790251
doi:10.1007/s10329-013-0357-3
PMID:23661029
Effect of Different Purification Techniques on the Characteristics of Heteropolysaccharide-Protein Biopolymer from Durian (Durio zibethinus) Seed Amid BT, Mirhosseini H Molecules 10-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC6268219
doi:10.3390/molecules170910875
PMID:22964503
Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae) Baker WJ, Norup MV, Clarkson JJ, Couvreur TL, Dowe JL, Lewis CE, Pintaud JC, Savolainen V, Wilmot T, Chase MW Ann Bot 16-Feb-2011
PMCID:PMC3219489
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr020
PMID:21325340
American palm ethnomedicine: A meta-analysis Sosnowska J, Balslev H J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Dec-2009
PMCID:PMC2804589
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-43
PMID:20034398

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