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Carbonised ''Attalea maripa'' seeds have been found in archaeological sites in Colombia dating back to 9000 [[Before Present|BP]].<ref name = Morcote>{{cite journal|quotes=|last=Morcote-Ríos|first=Gaspar|coauthors=[[Rodrigo Bernal]]|year=2001|title= Remains of palms (Palmae) at archaeological sites in the New World: A review |journal=Botanical Review|volume=67|issue=3|pages=309–50|doi=10.1007/BF02858098}}</ref> The [[Huaorani]] of [[Amazonia]]n Ecuador use the [[mesocarp]]s for food. They use the [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] and [[Leaf#Divisions_of_the_lamina_.28blade.29|leaf rachis]] to make [[blowgun]] darts and sleeping mats, the petioles for torches, the [[Frond|pinnae]] for kindling and the stems for firewood.<ref name = Macía>{{cite journal|quotes=no|last=Macía|first=Manuel J.|year=2004|title=Multiplicity in palm uses by the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=144|issue=2|pages=149–59|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00248.x}}</ref> |
Carbonised ''Attalea maripa'' seeds have been found in archaeological sites in Colombia dating back to 9000 [[Before Present|BP]].<ref name = Morcote>{{cite journal|quotes=no|last=Morcote-Ríos|first=Gaspar|coauthors=[[Rodrigo Bernal]]|year=2001|title= Remains of palms (Palmae) at archaeological sites in the New World: A review |journal=Botanical Review|volume=67|issue=3|pages=309–50|doi=10.1007/BF02858098}}</ref> The [[Huaorani]] of [[Amazonia]]n Ecuador use the [[mesocarp]]s for food. They use the [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] and [[Leaf#Divisions_of_the_lamina_.28blade.29|leaf rachis]] to make [[blowgun]] darts and sleeping mats, the petioles for torches, the [[Frond|pinnae]] for kindling and the stems for firewood.<ref name = Macía>{{cite journal|quotes=no|last=Macía|first=Manuel J.|year=2004|title=Multiplicity in palm uses by the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=144|issue=2|pages=149–59|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00248.x}}</ref> In addition to using is as a food species, [[Kayapó]] of Brazil use the species as a source of salt, and value it because it attracts wildlife.<ref name = Posey>{{cite journal|quotes=no|last=Posey|first=Darrell Addison|year=1985|title=Indigenous management of tropical forest ecosystems: the case of the Kayapó indians of the Brazilian Amazon|journal=Agroforestry Systems|volume=3|issue=2|pages=139–58|doi=10.1007/BF00122640}}</ref> |
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Attalea maripa is a palm native to tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. This plant has a yellow edible fruit which is oblong ovoid and cream. It grows up 30 m (98 ft) tall and can have leaves or fronds 10–12 m (33–39 ft) long and has a large inflorescence which is interfoliar.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775 in his Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Francoise as Palma maripa. German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius transferred it to the genus Attalea in 1844. Hermann Wendland moved it to the genus Scheelea in 1878, while Carl Georg Oscar Drude moved it to Maximilliana. Otto Kuntze moved it to the genus Englerophoenix in 1891, and Orator F. Cook placed it in the genus Ethnora in 1940.[1] Recent work has favoured maintaining all Attaleinae in a single genus, Attalea.[2]
Common names
Common names include Inaja Palm, American oil palm, Cucurite palm, Kokerit-palm in Guyana and Maripa palm.
Distribution
Attalea maripa ranges from Trinidad and Tobago in the north to Bolivia in the south. It is present in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.[1]
Ecology
The fruit of A. maripa are consumed by a variety of mammals. Most species consume the pulp and spit out intact seeds within a short distance of the parent tree. Brazilian Tapir swallow the entire fruit and defaecate intact seeds further away from parent trees. Larvae of the Bruchid beetle Pachymerus cardo kill most seeds that remain near to the parent tree.[3]
Uses
Carbonised Attalea maripa seeds have been found in archaeological sites in Colombia dating back to 9000 BP.[4] The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador use the mesocarps for food. They use the petiole and leaf rachis to make blowgun darts and sleeping mats, the petioles for torches, the pinnae for kindling and the stems for firewood.[5] In addition to using is as a food species, Kayapó of Brazil use the species as a source of salt, and value it because it attracts wildlife.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Attalea maripa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ Govaerts, R. (2006). "World Checklist of Arecaceae". The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Fragoso, Jose M. V. (1997). "Tapir-Generated Seed Shadows: Scale-Dependent Patchiness in the Amazon Rain Forest". Journal of Ecology. 85 (4): 519–29.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Morcote-Ríos, Gaspar (2001). "Remains of palms (Palmae) at archaeological sites in the New World: A review". Botanical Review. 67 (3): 309–50. doi:10.1007/BF02858098.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Macía, Manuel J. (2004). "Multiplicity in palm uses by the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 144 (2): 149–59. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00248.x.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ Posey, Darrell Addison (1985). "Indigenous management of tropical forest ecosystems: the case of the Kayapó indians of the Brazilian Amazon". Agroforestry Systems. 3 (2): 139–58. doi:10.1007/BF00122640.
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- Schultes, Richard E. (1974). Palms and religion in the northwest Amazon. Principes 18 (1): 3-21. Astrocaryum vulgare, Bactris gasipaes, Euterpe oleracea, E. precatoria, Leopoldinia piassaba, Maximiliana martiana, Oenocarpus bacaba, Socratea exorrhiza
See also
External links
Media related to Arecaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Attalea maripa at Wikispecies
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