Kingdom Plantae Family Arecaceae Scientific name Bactris major | Order Arecales Genus Bactris Rank Species | |
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Similar Bactris, Bactris maraja, Desmoncus, Desmoncus orthacanthos, Bactris mexicana | ||
Bactris major is a small to medium sized (1–10 m tall) spiny palm which ranges from Mexico, through Central America into northern South America and Trinidad. The species is divided into three or four varieties, although the boundaries between varieties is not always clearly defined.
The fruits are eaten or used to flavour drinks.
Varieties
Rafaël Govaerts recognised three varieties:
Andrew Henderson and co-authors recognised a fourth variety, Bactris major var. megalocarpa (Trail ex Thurn) A.J.Hend., but Govaerts considered this to be a synonym of Bactris major var. major.
References
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