About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Theobroma cacao, Acai palm, Brazil nut, Annona cherimola, Cherimoya, Myrciaria dubia, Albizia saman, Schinus molle, Spondias mombin, Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil, Muntingia, Avicennia germinans, Ochroma pyramidale, Swietenia macrophylla, Couroupita guianensis, Aiphanes deltoidea, Inga feuilleei, Genipa americana, Prosopis pallida, Cedrela odorata, Erythrina fusca, Embothrium, Parkinsonia aculeata, Quillaja saponaria, Manilkara bidentata, Juglans neotropica, Miconia calvescens, Aphandra, Zanthoxylum fagara, Hura crepitans, Byrsonima crassifolia, Psidium guajava, Cordia alliodora, Acacia aroma, Schefflera morototoni, Prosopis laevigata, Mountain papaya, Tabebuia serratifolia, Astronium graveolens, Euterpe, Magnolia boliviana, Polylepis rugulosa, Heliocarpus americanus, Quararibea cordata, Magnolia amazonica, Podocarpus parlatorei, Bauhinia forficata, Quararibea asterolepis, Cedrela lilloi, Acacia aroma var. huarango. Excerpt: The acai palm (Portuguese: ) (Euterpe oleracea) is a species of palm tree in the genus Euterpe cultivated for their fruit and superior hearts of palm. Its name comes from the Portuguese adaptation of the Tupian word iwasa'i, ' cries or expels water'. Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in recent years, and acai is now cultivated for that purpose primarily. The closely-related species Euterpe edulis (jucara) is now predominantly used for hearts of palm. Eight species are native to Central and South America, from Belize southward to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in swamps and floodplains. Acai palms are tall, slender palms growing to 15-30 meters, with pinnate leaves up to 3 meters long. The fruit, a small, round, black-purple drupe about 1 inch (25 mm) in circumference, similar in appearance but smaller than a grape and with less pulp, is produced in branched panicles of 500 t...
