Taxon: Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. precatoria

Summary

Genus:

Euterpe

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Arecoideae

Tribe:

Euterpeae

Nomen number:

411022

Verified:

06/01/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Euterpe precatoria Mart. (0 active accession[s])
Euterpe precatoria Mart. var. longevaginata (Mart.) A. J. Hend. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euterpe stenophylla Trail ex Thurn

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
Portuguese (Brazil)	açaí	2	Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Portuguese (Brazil)	açaí-do-Amazonas	2	Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	açaí-do-terra-firma	2	Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana		Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname		Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Anzoátegui	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Bolívar	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Monagas	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Zulia	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Pando	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Amazonas	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Caquetá	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vaupés	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Vichada	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona Santiago	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cusco	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Pasco	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín	Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Bolívar, Zulia, Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Monagas]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz], Colombia [Meta, Caquetá, Amazonas, Vaupés, Vichada], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo], Peru [Amazonas, Cusco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín]

Reference(s)

Henderson, A. & G. Galeano. 1996. Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72:40.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	beverage base		Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.
Human food	fruit		Henderson, A. 1995. The palms of the Amazon Oxford University Press.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=411022. Accessed 15 April 2026.