Astrocaryum Murumuru - Palm
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Astrocaryum murumura is a large, highly variable palm that can range from being short and stemless through to being a tall, robust, clustering palm growing up to 15 metres tall. The unbranched stems can be 10 - 30cm in diameter; they are armed with long, scattered, black spines; and topped by a crown of 5 - 15, horizontally spreading leaves that can each be up to 7 metres long. The petioles and sheathing bases are also thickly covered with long, black spines generally directed downward, and often 20cm long. A multpurpose tree, providing food, medicines and various materials for the local population. The fruit is greatly enjoyed in its native range, where it is gathered on a commercial scale from the wild, both for its fruit and its seed. The fruit is juicy, with an aromatic, sweet-acidic flavour similar to melons[301 , 416 ]. The fruit has an agreeable flavour and at first a scent resembling musk but afterwards that of a melon. The turbinate fruit is 60 - 85mm long and 38 - 44mm wide with a yellow, fleshy mesocarp around 6 - 10mm thick enclosing a single, large seed. The seed is also used to create a butter that is used in beauty products. Seeds are viable and will be shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Astrocaryum murumura is a large, highly variable palm that can range from being short and stemless through to being a tall, robust, clustering palm growing up to 15 metres tall. The unbranched stems can be 10 - 30cm in diameter; they are armed with long, scattered, black spines; and topped by a crown of 5 - 15, horizontally spreading leaves that can each be up to 7 metres long. The petioles and sheathing bases are also thickly covered with long, black spines generally directed downward, and often 20cm long. A multpurpose tree, providing food, medicines and various materials for the local population. The fruit is greatly enjoyed in its native range, where it is gathered on a commercial scale from the wild, both for its fruit and its seed. The fruit is juicy, with an aromatic, sweet-acidic flavour similar to melons[301 , 416 ]. The fruit has an agreeable flavour and at first a scent resembling musk but afterwards that of a melon. The turbinate fruit is 60 - 85mm long and 38 - 44mm wide with a yellow, fleshy mesocarp around 6 - 10mm thick enclosing a single, large seed. The seed is also used to create a butter that is used in beauty products. Seeds are viable and will be shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Astrocaryum murumura is a large, highly variable palm that can range from being short and stemless through to being a tall, robust, clustering palm growing up to 15 metres tall. The unbranched stems can be 10 - 30cm in diameter; they are armed with long, scattered, black spines; and topped by a crown of 5 - 15, horizontally spreading leaves that can each be up to 7 metres long. The petioles and sheathing bases are also thickly covered with long, black spines generally directed downward, and often 20cm long. A multpurpose tree, providing food, medicines and various materials for the local population. The fruit is greatly enjoyed in its native range, where it is gathered on a commercial scale from the wild, both for its fruit and its seed. The fruit is juicy, with an aromatic, sweet-acidic flavour similar to melons[301 , 416 ]. The fruit has an agreeable flavour and at first a scent resembling musk but afterwards that of a melon. The turbinate fruit is 60 - 85mm long and 38 - 44mm wide with a yellow, fleshy mesocarp around 6 - 10mm thick enclosing a single, large seed. The seed is also used to create a butter that is used in beauty products. Seeds are viable and will be shipped in humid vermiculite.