Arecaceae

Babassu

Attalea speciosa Mart.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Attalea

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Babassu (Attalea speciosa) — FruitPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

arz: اتاليا سبيسيوسا
Chinese: 巴西棕榈, 巴西棕櫚, 巴巴苏, 巴巴蘇, 巴巴蘇棕櫚樹, 奥达尔椰, 美艳直叶椰子
Croatian: Babassu
English: Babassu, Babassu palm, Babassu-oil palm, Babaçu, Cusi, Cusi palm
Esperanto: Babasuo
German: Babassupalme, Babassu-Palme, Babaçu-Palme
Japanese: ババス
mwl: Babaçu
Portuguese: Babaçu
Serbian (Latin): Babassu
Turkish: Babaçu

Synonyms

Attalea brejinhoensis (Glassman) Zona
Attalea glassmanii Zona
Attalea lydiae (Drude) Barb.Rodr.
Attalea vitrivir Zona
Heptantra phalerata (Mart.) O.F.Cook
Orbignya barbosiana Burret
Orbignya brejinhoensis Glassman
Orbignya cuci Kunth ex H.Wendl.
Orbignya huebneri Burret
Orbignya lydiae Drude
Orbignya macropetala Burret
Orbignya martiana Barb.Rodr.
Orbignya oleifera Burret
Orbignya phalerata Mart.
Orbignya speciosa (Mart.) Barb.Rodr.

Photos

FruitPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Paulo C. O. Cunha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andy Jordan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.