EPPO Global Database

Acrocomia aculeata(AARSC)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-09-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AARSC
  • Preferred name: Acrocomia aculeata
  • Authority: (Jacquin) von Martius

Notes

Tropical America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Cultivated as an ornamental


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Acrocomia media Cook
Acrocomia mexicana von Martius
Acrocomia sclerocarpa von Martius
Acrocomia totai von Martius
Acrocomia vinifera Ørsted

Common names
Name Language
corozo English
macaw palm English
mucaja acrocomia English
paraguay palm English
totai palm English
Macoyapalme German
dendé French
glouglou French
coyal Spanish
coyol Spanish
grugru Spanish
macauba Spanish
mbocayá Spanish
nuez del Paraguay Spanish
palma de vino Spanish
bocaiuva Italian
coyolpalm Dutch
bocaiúva Portuguese (BR)
coco-baboso Portuguese
coco-de-espinho Portuguese
coqueiro-baboso Portuguese
coqueiro-de-espinhos Portuguese
macaúba Portuguese
macaúva Portuguese
palmeira-do-Paraguai Portuguese
palmeira-grugru Portuguese
palmeira-oioli Portuguese
койол Russian