buriti

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noun One of the largest of the South American palms, Mauritia vinifera, often growing to a height of 125 feet, the stem being crowned with a thick round head of very large fan-shaped leaves.

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Some of these important trees include yellow mombim (Spondias mombim), palms such as buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) and açaí (Euterpe oleraceae), socoró (Mouriri ulei), and tarumã (Vitex cymosa).

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

Marajó varzea 2008