Oenocarpus minor
Mart.
Bacaba-miri, Bacabinha, Mispesillo
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten raw and used to make a drink.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest. It is on non flooded soils.
Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A palm. It can have one or more stems. It grows 2-8 m tall. The trunk is 4-7 cm across. There are 4-13 leaves. There are 50-70 leaflets on each side. They are narrow and arranged regularly. They spread in the same plane. Sometimes they are in clusters or 2-3. The flowering stalk is borne below the leaves. There are 29-72 flower stalks. The fruit are round. They are 1.5-2 cm long and 1.3-1.5 cm wide. They are purple-black. The seedling leaf spreads out like fingers on a hand.
Nutrition Score: 29/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | 83.5 | 362 | 88 | 1.3 | — | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Names & Synonyms
Bacaba-mirim, Bacabai, Cinamillo, Don pedrito, Pusuy, Sinamillo
References (11)
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