Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 71 (1824)

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)

Bolivia present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Brazil North present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Colombia present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

French Guiana present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Guyana present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Peru present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Suriname present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Venezuela present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Use Record

Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Alimentación. Fruto. Combustible. Hoja. Piezas de caza que la especie atrae. Dasyprocta sp., Ara chloroptera (Morcote-Ríos, G., G. Cabrera-Becerra et al. 1998: Las palmas entre los grupos cazadores-recolectores de la Amazonia colombiana)

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Animal Food	Wildlife attractant	Not specified	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia
Fuel	Firewood	Entire leaf	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia
Human Food	Food	Fruits	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia

Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Fruto (crudo). Alimento. Fruto. Atractiva para presas de caza. Tronco. Combustible. Tronco. Cría de mojojoy. (Cabrera, G., C. Franky, and D. Mahecha 1999: Los nukak: nómadas de la Amazonía colombiana)

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Human Food	Food	Fruits	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia
Other	N/A	Stem	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia
Fuel	Firewood	Stem	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia
Animal Food	Wildlife attractant	Fruits	Indigenous	Nukak	Colombia

Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Infrutescencia intrafoliar con frutos de color café, de los cuales se consume el coco. (Cárdenas, D., and Politis, G.G. 2000: Territorio, movilidad, etnobotánica y manejo del bosque de los Nukak Orientales)
Use Category Use Sub Category Plant Part Human Group Ethnic Group Country
Human Food Food Fruits Indigenous Nukak Colombia
Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Los frutos maduros son consumidos esporádicamente; el cogollo es utilizado por los Uitoto, después de quemarlo, cocinarlo y filtrarlo para la preparación de sal vegetal, la cual se usa para mezclarla con el ambil de tabaco. (Galeano, G. 1992: Las palmas de la región de Araracuara)
Use Category Use Sub Category Plant Part Human Group Ethnic Group Country
Human Food Food Fruits Not identified N/A Colombia
Cultural Recreational Palm heart Indigenous Huitoto Colombia

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Human Food	Food	Fruits	Not identified	N/A	Colombia
Cultural	Recreational	Palm heart	Indigenous	Huitoto	Colombia

Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Sirve para sal y estantilla.(...). Se saca sal dulce y se puede comer la fruta. (...). Se quema la palma para sacar sal de la ceniza. (Kronik, J. et al. 1999: Fééjahisuu. Palmas de los Nietos de la Tierra y Montaña Verde del Centro)

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Utensils and Tools	Domestic	Not specified	Indigenous	Muinane	Colombia
Cultural	Recreational	Not specified	Indigenous	Muinane	Colombia
Human Food	Food	Fruits	Indigenous	Muinane	Colombia

Astrocaryum gynacanthum Mart.: Sus tallos se usan para algunas construcciones rurales. (Moreno Suárez, L., and O.I. Moreno Suárez 2006: Colecciones de las palmeras de Bolivia)
Use Category Use Sub Category Plant Part Human Group Ethnic Group Country
Construction Houses Stem Not identified N/A Bolivia
Astrocaryum munbaca Mart.: Fruit orange, edible. (Schultes, R.E. 1974: Palms and religion in the Northwest Amazon (as Astrocaryum munbaca Mart.))
Astrocaryum munbaca Mart.: The Witotos burn the leaves and inhale the smoke when they have severe nasal congestion from colds. (Schultes, R.E., and R.F. Raffauf 1990: The healing forest- Medicinal and toxic plants of the Northwest Amazonia (as Astrocaryum munbaca Mart.))

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Construction	Houses	Stem	Not identified	N/A	Bolivia

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A. World Checklist of Arecaceae

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