Mauritia

Permanent swamp forests is on poorly-drained soils dominated by palms such as Mauritia flexuosa, 18 m high, with an area of 27 m2/hectare (m2/ha).

Caqueta moist forests 2008

The most abundant species of palms are Astrocaryum murumuru, Raphia taedigera, Euterpe oleracea, Maximiliana regia, Oenocarpus bacaba, Jessenia bataua, Mauritia flexuosa, Manicaria saccifera, Socratea exorrhiza, and various species of Geonoma.

Marajó varzea 2008

Large areas are dominated by pure stands of the economically important buriti palm Mauritia flexuosa and acai-palm Euterpe oleracea.

Marajó varzea 2008

Common species in flooded forests are Caraipa grandiflora, Virola surinamensis, Euterpe oleraceae, Ficus pulchella, Mauritia martiana, Symphonia globulifera, and species of Tovomita and Clusia.

Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests 2008

Farmers are planting stands of Euterpe oleracea for the commercially valuable açaí fruits, replacing. naturally dense stands of the native buriti palm Mauritia flexuosa.

Marajó varzea 2008

Stands dominated by the buriti palm Mauritia flexuosa occur in the flooded savanna region.

Maranhão Babaçu forests 2008

The predominant palms on the non-flooded areas are miriti and carana in the genus Mauritia.

Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests 2008

Miriti (Mauritia flexuosa) palms and their uses and management among the ribeirinhos of the Amazon estuary.

Marajó varzea 2008

Palms exist in both canopy and understorey of all types of forest, the predominant palms in non-flooded areas being Mauritia miriti and M. carana.

Jaú National Park, Brazil 2008

There are also groves of the useful moriche palm Mauritia flexuosa, shrubby scrub savanna, and intermittent species-rich gallery forests (Dezzeo 1994; Bonaccorso, 2001).

Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009