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Attalea oleifera
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Attalea_oleifera04.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''A. oleifera'']] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Conservation Status:=== Threatened ===Common Names:=== Pindoba<br/> ===Distribution & Habitat:=== High altitude swamps on the east coast of Brazil. ===Description:=== A massive solitary pinnate palm up to 30m tall, with a trunk to 40cm wide. The seeds are 6-11cm long, while germination can take up to five years. ===General:=== The leafs are used for roofs and the mesocarp oil for lamps and soaps; the oil of the nuts for cookery. ===Culture:=== Sunny, moist position. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Attalea_oleifera02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''A. oleifera'' in Areia province, Paraba State, Brazil.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Attalea_oleifera03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''A. oleifera'']] </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Attalea_oleifera05.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''A. oleifera'' in cleared habitat.]] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Jos Augusto (Figure 2&3)<br/> Gileno Machado (Figure 1&4) ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Attalea%20oleifera Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/111c7a14-15a0-40aa-b5d0-e81d083992b4 PalmWeb], [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/38757/0 IUCN], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Attalea+oleifera JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Attalea+oleifera Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+oleifera%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Attalea+oleifera%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Attalea+oleifera Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Attalea+oleifera%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Attalea|oleifera]] [[Category:Palm|Attalea_oleifera]]
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