Common name
English: Moriche palm
German: Buriti-Palme
Portuguese: Buriti
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Mauritia (1)
Epithet: flexuosa L.f. (3)
Synonyms: Mauritia minor Burret, Mauritia sagus Schult. & Schult.f., Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H.Wendl., Mauritia sphaerocarpa Burret, Mauritia vinifera Mart., Saguerus americanus H.Wendl.
americanus => from America
flexuosa => bent alternately to right and left, like the path of a snake
minor => smaller, lesser
setigera => bearing bristles, bristly
sphaerocarpa => round-fruit
vinifera => wine-bearing
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: orange, yellow