Oenocarpus is a genus of pinnate-leaved palms (Arecaceae) native to Trinidad, southern Central and tropical South America. With nine species and one natural hybrid, the genus is distributed from Costa Rica and Trinidad in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. Common names in their native range are bacaba in Brazil, and palma milpesos (or j...
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(from the article `palm`) ...The oil from the seeds of one species, Jessenia bataua, is physically and chemically much like olive oil, and the mesocarp pulp from the fruits of ...
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Oenocarpus is a genus of tropical palms, natives of South America. They bear great spikes of monoecious flowers, followed by dark-coloured oval, one- seeded fruits. The leaves are pinnate, and borne in terminal crowns.
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