Euterpe Precatoria

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Euterpe precatoria is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. E. precatoria is used commercially to produce fruits.Stems are usually solitary (occasionally clustered), 3-20 metres tall and 4-23 centimetres in diameter.Two varieties are recognised: E. precatoria var. precatoria which has tall, solitary stems and is found in Trinidad and throughout most of the South American portion of the range, and E. precatoria var. longivaginata (Mart.) A.J.Hend. which has shorter, solitary or clustered stems, and is found in Colombia and Central America.