Abstract
A short palm of upland forests in central and eastern parts of the Amazon Basin, the fruits are consumed in some areas, such as in the Upper Rio Negro region. The heart-of-palm is also eaten as a vegetable and one indigenous group burns the palm to obtain ash salts.
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Smith, N. (2015). Astrocaryum gynacanthum. In Geobotany Studies (pp. 51–52). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05509-1_8
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