Attalea tessmannii Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 538 (1929)

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)
Brazil North present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A
Peru present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Use Record

  • Attalea tessmannii Burret: Comestibles. (Albán, J. 1994: La mujer y las plantas útiles silvestres en la comunidad Cocama-Cocamilla de los ríos Samiria y Marañon.)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Human FoodFoodNot specifiedIndigenousCocamaPeru
  • Attalea tessmannii Burret: Edible endocarp; mesocarp carved for pipes, ornaments. (Shepard, G.H., D.W. Yu, M. Lizarralde, et al. 2001: Rain forest habitat classification among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    CulturalRecreationalFruitsIndigenousMatsigenkaPeru
    Human FoodFoodFruitsIndigenousMatsigenkaPeru
    OtherN/ANot specifiedIndigenousMatsigenkaPeru
  • Attalea tessmannii Burret: Food. (…). These include primarily trees that produce fruits, but also those species from which the larvae of Rhynchophorus palmarum are extracted for consumption: Attalea tesmannii, Jessenia bataua, Iriartea deltoidea (all Palmae), (…). (Pinedo-Vasquez, M., D. Zarin, P. Jipp, et al. 1990: Use-Values of Tree Species in a Communal Forest Reserve in Northeast Peru)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Human FoodFoodNot specifiedMestizoN/APeru
  • Attalea tessmannii Burret: Raw seed. (Vasquez, R., and A.H. Gentry 1989: Use and misuse of forest-harvested fruits in the Iquitos area)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Human FoodFoodSeedsNot identifiedN/APeru
  • Attalea tessmannii Burret: The pinnae make superior brooms. (Bodley, J.H., and F.C. Benson 1979: Cultural ecology of Amazonian palms)
    Use CategoryUse Sub CategoryPlant PartHuman GroupEthnic GroupCountry
    Utensils and ToolsDomesticEntire leafIndigenousShipibo-ConiboPeru

Bibliography

    A. World Checklist of Arecaceae