Arecaceae

Anaja

Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Attalea

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Anaja: Attalea maripa in Kourou, French Guiana (Amazonia). Photo taken by Arria Belli on 27 October 2006. — Photo: Arria Belli, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 馬里帕棕櫚, 马里帕棕榈, 亚达里棕, 马里帕直叶椰子
English: Anaja, Anajá, Cocorite, Cucurito, Cusi, Gaibamo, Gaibawe, Güichire
Guarani: Inaja
mwl: Iñaja
mzn: یناژا
Portuguese: Inajá
Spanish: Huancava, Incham, Shapajilla

Synonyms

Attalea cryptanthera Wess.Boer
Attalea macropetala (Burret) Wess.Boer
Attalea regia (Mart.) Wess.Boer
Englerophoenix caribaeum (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Kuntze
Englerophoenix longirostrata (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
Englerophoenix maripa (Aubl.) Kuntze
Englerophoenix regia (Mart.) Kuntze
Englerophoenix tetrasticha (Drude) Barb.Rodr.
Ethnora maripa (Mart.) O.F.Cook
Maximiliana caribaea Griseb. & H.Wendl.
Maximiliana elegans H.Karst.
Maximiliana longirostrata Barb.Rodr.
Maximiliana macrogyne Burret
Maximiliana macropetala Burret
Maximiliana maripa (Aubl.) Drude
Maximiliana martiana H.Karst.
Maximiliana regia Mart.
Maximiliana stenocarpa Burret
Palma maripa Aubl.
Scheelea maripa (Aubl.) H.Wendl.
Temenia regia (Mart.) O.F.Cook

Photos

Photo: Arria Belli, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.