Allagoptera leucocalyx
(Drude) & Kunze
Buri
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(c) Germaine Alexander Parada, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Germaine Alexander Parada
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart
The flesh of the fruit is eaten fresh. Fat is extracted from the seeds by repeated boiling and skimming.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It survives in places that are often burnt. In Bolivia it grows up to 500 m altitude. In Argentina it grows between 100-1,100 m above sea level.
Amazon, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, South America,
How to Identify
A small clumping palm. The trunk is underground. The leaves are in a small crown. They are greyish-green. The fronds are 1.5 m long. They have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are pointed and leathery. They are in groups of 2 or 3 along the stalk. The flowers are in a spiral. The fruit are oval and hairy.
How to Grow
A plant of the subtropics to the tropics, it is probably capable of withstanding at least some frost. Succeeds in full sun to light shade.
Production
There are between 40-100 seeds in each fruit.
Notes
There are 4 Allagoptera species.
Names & Synonyms
Buri, Coco da chapada, Masuncotos, Motacuchi, Yatay pony
References (12)
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