Scientific Name:
Euterpe oleracea Mart.
Common Name:
Chonta, Asahi. Assai, Cansin (Amahuaca), Guasai, Huai (Ticuna); Palmito, Palm heart and Euterpe palm (English), Ungurahui, Yisará, Yuyu chonta, Manaea and Manaca (Venezuela), Panan (Shipibo-Conibo), Palmeira pinot (Guyanas); Hasabis (Quechua) Acai, Acai do Para, Jucara and Acai do baixo Amazonas (Portugal), Pina and Prasara (Suriname).
Family:
Arecaceae, Arecaceae or also called Palmae.
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Distributed throughout the Amazon. In Brazil it is found from Bahia, covering the eastern Amazon, to the Guyanas and Venezuela. In Peru it is found in the departments of Loreto and Ucayali (Atalaya). It is a cylindrical monopodic palm, 12 to 15 m high, hard and smooth stem of 12 to 15 cm in diameter, dark ash color, crown with 10 to 12 leaves, at the base of the trunk has offshoots and aerial roots. Its fruits are edible in their natural state and are used in the preparation of beverages. The heart of palm is used naturally in the preparation of salads, soups, juanes, etc. and is exploited industrially. The stem is used to make paper and in rustic constructions. The mature leaves are used to make roof and wall coverings and the tender leaves are used to make hats and other handicrafts, as well as animal feed. The endocarp or decomposed kernel is used as fertilizer. This species is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.
The root is used, the oil of the fruits; the roots can be combined with those of huicungo and ungurahui. It helps in case of hepatic and renal affections, Baldness, Diabetes, Muscular pain, Fever, Hemorrhages, Hepatitis, Jaundice, Malaria.
Etymology of Açai. The name of the genus Euterpe comes from the muse of music called Euterpe in ancient Greek mythology. It symbolized joy and good humor, and this botanical genus is designated to slender palms with pinnate leaves. Açaí is the Portuguese derivation of the word ïwasa’í, which in the Tupi language (vernacular of the Amazonian tribes) means “the part of the fruit that cries”.
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