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Arecaceae

Yagua palm

Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Attalea

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Yagua palm: Known as Locata here in Ecuador. Fronds used for tight thatching, the fruit for food and oil.
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
arz
اتاليا اوسمانثا
Chinese
酒棕櫚, 大果直叶椰子, 迤逦棕, 迤逦直叶椰子
English
Yagua palm

Synonyms

  • Attalea bassleriana (Burret) Zona
  • Attalea blepharopus Mart.
  • Attalea fairchildensis (Glassman) Zona
  • Attalea humboldtiana Spruce
  • Attalea kewensis (Hook.f.) Zona
  • Attalea leandroana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
  • Attalea liebmannii (Becc.) Zona
  • Attalea lundellii (Bartlett) Zona
  • Attalea macrocarpa (H.Karst.) Wess.Boer
  • Attalea macrolepis (Burret) Wess.Boer
  • Attalea magdalenae Linden
  • Attalea magdalenica (Dugand) Zona
  • Attalea maracaibensis Mart.
  • Attalea osmantha (Barb.Rodr.) Wess.Boer
  • Attalea peruviana Zona
  • Attalea rostrata Oerst.
  • Attalea salazarii (Glassman) Zona
  • Attalea wallisii Huber
  • Attalea wesselsboeri (Glassman) Zona
  • Cocos butyracea Mutis ex L.f.
  • Cocos regia Liebm.
  • Scheelea bassleriana Burret
  • Scheelea blepharopus (Mart.) Burret
  • Scheelea brachyclada Burret
  • Scheelea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) H.Karst. ex H.Wendl.
  • Scheelea costaricensis Burret
  • Scheelea curvifrons L.H.Bailey
  • Scheelea dryanderae Burret
  • Scheelea excelsa H.Karst.
  • Scheelea excelsa Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea fairchildensis Glassman
  • Scheelea humboldtiana (Spruce) Burret
  • Scheelea kewensis Hook.f.
  • Scheelea leandroana Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea liebmannii Becc.
  • Scheelea lundellii Bartlett
  • Scheelea macrocarpa H.Karst.
  • Scheelea macrolepis Burret
  • Scheelea magdalenica Dugand
  • Scheelea maracaibensis (Mart.) Burret

and 12 more.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.