Arecaceae

Baboen pine

Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Euterpe

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Baboen pine: The Acai or Assai Palm is native and/or planted throughout the Neotropics. The fruit are edible and the roots medicinal. Photo from the Colombian Amazon. — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

arz: يوتيربريكاتوريا
Chinese: 串珠埃塔棕, 玻利维亚菜椰
English: Baboen pine, Mountain cabbage palm, Single-stemmed assai palm
Persian: نخل آسای جنگلی
Portuguese: Açaí-solitário
Quechua: Wasay, Palmito
Spanish: Plectis oweniana, Rooseveltia frankliniana

Synonyms

Euterpe stenophylla Trail & Thurn

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Xemenendura, 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.