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Table A6.3.
Fruit crops with incipiently domesticated populations that were present in
Amazonia at the time of European conquest (see Clement, 1999, for bibliography).
Species
Family
Probable origin
Uses
Couma utilis
Muell.
Apocynaceae
Amazonia
Fruit, latex
Hancornia speciosa
Gomes
Apocynaceae
NE. Brazil
Fruit, latex
Caryocar glabrum
(Aubl.) Pers.
Caryocaraceae
W. Amazonia
Nut
Caryoca nuciferum
L.
Caryocaraceae
N.-S. America
Nut
Caryoca villosum
(Aubl.) Pers.
Caryocaraceae
C. Amazonia
Fruit
Chrysobalanus icaco
L.
Chrysobalanaceae
N.-S. America
Fruit
Couepia bracteosa
Benth.
Chrysobalanaceae
C. Amazonia
Fruit
Couepia edulis
Prance
Chrysobalanaceae
Amazonia
Nut
Couepia longipendula
Pilger
Chrysobalanaceae
Amazonia
Nut
Caryodendron orinocense
Karst.
Euphorbiaceae
W. Amazonia
Nut
Hevea
spp. (various)
Euphorbiaceae
Amazonia
Seed, latex
Rheedia brasiliensis
Pl. & Tr.
Guttiferae
Amazonia
Fruit
Rheedia macrophylla
(Mart.) P. & Tr. Guttiferae
Amazonia
Fruit
Bertholletia excelsa
H. & B.
Lecythidaceae
E. Amazonia
Nut
Lecythis pisonis
Camb.
Lecythidaceae
Amazonia
Nut
Grias neubertii
MacBride
Lecythidaceae
W. Amazonia
Fruit
Grias peruviana
Miers
Lecythidaceae
W. Amazonia
Fruit
Hymenaea courbaril
L.
Leg. Caesalpinioidae
Amazonia
Starchy fruit
Campsiandra comosa
Cowan
Leg. Mimosoidae
NW. Amazonia
Fruit
Inga
spp. (numerous)
Leg. Mimosoidae
Amazonia
Fruit
Eugenia uniflora
L.
Myrtaceae
S. America
Fruit
Psidium acutangulum
DC
Myrtaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Psidium guineensis
Sw.
Myrtaceae
N.-S. America
Fruit
Acrocomia aculeata
(Jacq.) Lood
Palmae
E. Amazonia
Oily fruit
Astrocaryum murumuru
Mart.
Palmae
E. Amazonia
Oily fruit
Elaeis oleifera
(H.B.K.) Cortés
Palmae
N.-S. America
Oily fruit
Euterpe oleracea
Mart.
Palmae
E. Amazonia
Oily fruit
Jessenia bataua
(Mart.) Burret
Palmae
N.-S. America
Oily fruit
Mauritia flexuosa
L. f.
Palmae
N.-S. America
Oily fruit
Maximiliana maripa
Drude
Palmae
E. Amazonia
Oily fruit
Oenocarpus bacaba
Mart.
Palmae
Amazonia
Oily fruit
Oenocarpus distichus
Mart.
Palmae
E. Amazonia
Oily fruit
Alibertia edulis
A. Rich ex DC
Rubiaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Melicoccus bijugatus
Jacq.
Sapindaceae
C. & N.-S. America Fruit
Talisia esculenta
Radlk.
Sapindaceae
W. Amazonia
Fruit
Manilkara huberi
(Huber) Standl.
Sapotaceae
Amazonia
Fruit, latex
Pouteria
spp. (numerous)
Sapotaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Sterculia speciosa
K. Sch.
Sterculiaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Theobroma grandiflorum
Schum.
Sterculiaceae
E. Amazonia
Fruit
Theobroma speciosum
Willd.
Sterculiaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Theobroma subincanum
Mart.
Sterculiaceae
Amazonia
Fruit
Erisma japura
Spruce
Vochysiaceae
NW. Amazonia
Fruit
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