Acrocomia aculeata

Botanical Description

Acrocomia aculeata is a single-stemmed evergreen palm tree growing 10 - 15 metres tall. The thorny, unbranched stem can be 25 - 45cm in diameter, topped with a crown of leaves that can each be 3 - 5 metres long[ 416 Title Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics Publication Author Lorenzi. H.; Bacher. L.; Lacerda. M.; Sartori. S. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora LTDA; Brazil. Year 2000 ISBN 85-867174-24-0 Description A superb book, giving information on several hundred fruit species. Each entry has a brief description of the plant and its uses, accompanied by one to many excellent quality photographs of the fruits. , 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The coyoli palm is often used by local people as a source of food and various materials[ 297 Title Palms of the World Publication Author Blombery. A. & Rodd. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson Year 1992 ISBN 0-207-14848-1 Description An excellent guide, well illustrated, with information on cultivation, uses, habitat etc of almost 200 species of Palms. ]. Normally gathered from the wild, the plant is also sometimes cultivated and is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The fruit is sometimes sold in local markets[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description 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. ]. It has been sold in large quantities as a food in Mexican markets[ 963 Title Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium Vol. 05 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Washington Government Printing Office; Washington Year 1897 - 1901 ISBN Description A botanical journal with a range of articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].