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Astrocaryum jauari
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Astrocaryum jauari

Astrocaryum jauari

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 230 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 24 - 28°c, but can tolerate 20 - 32°c[1]. It can be killed by temperatures of 8°c or lower[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,800 - 2,300mm, but tolerates 1,500 - 2,600mm[1]. Requires a shady, moist position that can be inundated for much of the year[2]. In the wild, it can only compete successfully in seasonally flooded forests, where it has been found in areas flooded from 30 - 240 days per year[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 4.5 - 5.5, tolerating 3.2 - 7[1]. Young plants are tolerant of being submerged for up to 300 days per year[3]. Fruiting occurs at the height of the wet season and the seeds are spread by fish (who eat the fruit)[2]. Thus inundation may improve germination[2].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. — http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ ↩︎Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website.
  3. [3]Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas — Henderson A.; Galeano G.; Bernal R. · Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey. · 1995 · ISBN 0-691-08537-4 ↩︎An excellent book, giving basic information on all the 550 species of palms native to the Americas that were known in 1995. Comprehensive information on the plants range and habitat, brief description, some uses and almost 250 photos.
  4. [4]Astrocaryum (Palmae) in Amazonia. A Preliminary Treatment — Kahn F. & Millán B. · 1992 ↩︎
  5. [5]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  6. [6]The genus Astrocaryum (Arecaceae) — Kahn F. · 2008 · ISBN 1727-9933 ↩︎
  7. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎