Palms   Bactris acanthocarpa

Distribution & Habitat: Widely distributed in Amazon wet rainforest. Description: Small spiny clustering palm, with trunks up to 2 m tall, leaves 3.5-4 m long, altho only spiny along the base of the petiole. Fruit starts out green but becomes red. Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist. Figure 2. B. acanthocarpa trunk close-up

Figure 1. B. acanthocarpa in habitat, Atlantic Jungle area of Paraba State, Brazil

Figure 3. B. acanthocarpa in habitat, Recife, Brazil.

Contributed by:	Jose Augusto de Almeida (Figure 1&2)
	Gileno Machado (Figure 3)

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