Arecaceae
Bahia piassaba palm
Attalea funifera
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Attalea
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- بياسافا
- Chinese
- 亚塔棕
- Dutch
- Piassava, Piassave
- English
- Bahia piassaba palm, Piassava palm, Oil palm, Piassaba palm
- Esperanto
- Piasabo
- German
- Piassava, Monkey Grass, Para Grass, Piassavabesen, Piassave
- Japanese
- ブラジルゾウゲヤシ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Piassava
- Polish
- Atalia brazylijska
- Portuguese
- Piaçava, Piaçaba, Piaçá
- Swedish
- Bahiapiassavapalm, Piasava, Piassava
Synonyms
- Attalea acaulis Burret
- Lithocarpos cocciformis O.Targ.Tozz. ex Steud.
- Sarinia funifera (Mart.) O.F.Cook
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul K from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.