peach-palm (Bactris gasipaes)
Bactris gasipaes is a thorny palm native to tropical America, cultivated for its edible starchy fruits and heart of palm. Nutritious fruits are boiled or roasted.
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Synonyms
Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L.H.Bailey
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classLiliopsida
- orderArecales
- familyArecaceae
- genusBactris
- speciesBactris gasipaes