Arecaceae

Bacaba palm

Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Oenocarpus

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 酒果椰, 巴卡巴酒果椰
Dutch: Koemboepalm
English: Bacaba palm, Bacaba wine palm
Guarani: Makava
Portuguese: Bacaba
Spanish: Seje

Synonyms

Areca bacaba Arruda
Oenocarpus bacaba var. bacaba
Oenocarpus bacaba var. grandis (Burret) Wess.Boer
Oenocarpus grandis Burret
Oenocarpus hoppii Burret

Photos

Photo: Agcandrei, 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.