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peach palm

n.
A feather-leaved palm (Bactris gasipaes) of South and Central America, cultivated for its edible yellow or red fruit and for hearts of palm.
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Strategus aloeus feeds on members of Areeaeeae family such as Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Cocos nucifera (L.), Copernicia cerifera (Mart.), Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) and Phoenix dactylifera (L.) (Ratcliffe 1976; Genty et al.
Picloram-induced somatic embryogenesis in pejibaye palm (Bactris gasipaes H.B.K).
La diferencia entre el numero total de especies utilizadas en la elaboracion de artesanias (221) y el numero reportado en las Tablas 3 y 4 (255), corresponde a las 19 especies con un mayor valor de uso (2), estas son: Unonopsis sp., Ammandra decasperma, Aiphanes aculeata, Bactris gasipaes, Desmoncus orthacanthus, Crescentia cujete, Carludovica palmata, Sphaeradenia unioligostemon, Quercus humboldtii, Juglans neotropica, Stromanthe stromanthoides, Bambusa tuldoides, Cymbopogon citratus, C.
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