Bactris major

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Bactris major is a small to medium-sized (1–10 m tall) spiny palm which ranges from Mexico, through Central America into northern South America and Trinidad.[1][2] The species is divided into three[2] or four[1] varieties, although the boundaries between varieties is not always clearly defined.[1]

The fruits are eaten or used to flavour drinks.[1]

Spanish names for the palm species include marayaú.

Varieties

Rafaël Govaerts recognised three varieties:

  • Bactris major var. major[3]
  • Bactris major var. infesta (Mart.) Drude[4]
  • Bactris major var. socialis (Mart.) Drude[5]

Andrew Henderson and co-authors recognised a fourth variety, Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend.,[1] but Govaerts considered this to be a synonym of Bactris major var. major.[6]

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