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Arecaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Astrocaryum carnosum

Astrocaryum carnosum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Shrub
Growth—

Astrocaryum carnosum is native to the moist tropics, growing in a region where the mean annual rainfall is around 3,000mm with a peak from December to March and a dry period from June to August. The average annual temperature is 26°c[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Astrocaryum+carnosum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  2. [2]Astrocaryum (Palmae) in Amazonia. A Preliminary Treatment — Kahn F. & Millán B. · 1992 ↩︎
  3. [3]The genus Astrocaryum (Arecaceae) — Kahn F. · 2008 · ISBN 1727-9933 ↩︎