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Arecaceae

Urucuri palm

Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Attalea

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Urucuri palm: Attalea phalerata near Grajaú, Maranhão state, Brazil
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
尤鲁库里棕榈, 尤鲁庫里棕櫚, 直叶椰子, 皮沙巴直葉椰子
English
Urucuri palm
Guarani
Mbakuri
Japanese
アッタレーア・プリンケプス

Synonyms

  • Attalea amylacea (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
  • Attalea anisitsiana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
  • Attalea excelsa Mart.
  • Attalea excelsa Mart. ex Spreng.
  • Attalea gomphococca Mart.
  • Attalea hoehnei Burret
  • Attalea huebneri (Burret) Zona
  • Attalea lauromuelleriana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona
  • Attalea pacensis M.Moraes & Pintaud
  • Attalea parviflora Barb.Rodr.
  • Attalea princeps Mart.
  • Attalea weberbaueri (Burret) Zona
  • Maximiliana princeps Mart.
  • Maximiliana tetrasticha Drude
  • Scheelea amylacea Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea anisitsiana Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea corumbaensis (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea gomphococca (Mart.) Burret
  • Scheelea huebneri Burret
  • Scheelea lauromuelleriana Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea martiana Burret
  • Scheelea microspadix Burret
  • Scheelea parviflora (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea phalerata (Mart. ex Spreng.) Burret
  • Scheelea princeps (Mart.) H.Karst.
  • Scheelea princeps var. corumbaensis Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea quadrisperma Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea quadrisulcata Barb.Rodr.
  • Scheelea tetrasticha (Drude) Burret
  • Scheelea weberbaueri Burret

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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.