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Bactris gasipaes Kunth
Nov. Pl. Sp. 1: 302 (1816)
Family: ARECACEAE

Bactris gasipaes Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Habit at Pali o Waipio, Maui, Hawaii (USA). November 08, 2012.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Bactris gasipaes Kunth
Nov. Pl. Sp. 1: 302 (1816)
Synonymy: 21 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Bactris gasipaes var. chichagui (H.Karst.) A.J.Hend.
Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 79: 73 (2000)
Synonymy: 12
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Pewa nut, Palm Chestnut, Pejivalle (Trinidad and Tobago), Peyibay (Trinidad and Tobago), Pewa (Trinidad and Tobago), Peach palm fruit, Peach-palm, Peyibaye (Trinidad and Tobago)
CATALAN (Català): Pupunya
CHINESE (中文): Tao zong
DUTCH (Nederlands): Perzikpalm
FRENCH (Français): Parépou (fruits) (French Guyana), Palmier pejibaye, Palmier pêche, Palmier parépou, Palepi (French Guyana), Coeur de palmier
GERMAN (Deutsch): Pfirsichpalme, Pfirsich-Palme
GREEK (Ελληνικά): Βακτρίς η γκασιπαές
GUAYANESE CREOLE (Creolese or Guyanese): Parépou, Parepon
HEBREW (עברית): פופוניה
HUNGARIAN (Magyar): Barackpálma
JAPANESE (日本語): チョンタドゥーロ
MALAY (بهاس ملاي /Bahasa Melayu ): Pewa
POLISH ( Polski): Palma brzoskwiniowa
PORTUGUESE (Português): Pupunheira, Pupunha, Pupunha-verde-amarela, Papunha
QUECHUA (Runasimi / Qhichwa simi): Chunta
RUSSIAN (Русский): Персиковая пальма
SPANISH (Español): Guachipaes (Venezuela), Cachiopaes (Venezuela), Bobi (Venezuela), Chontaduro (Colombia), Gachipaes (Venezuela), Masato (Costa Rica), Pejibaye (Costa Rica), Chenga (Colombia), Chicagai (Colombia), Chicaguai (Colombia), Choritadura (Colombia), Contaruro (Colombia, Equador), Jijirre (Colombia), Macanilla (Colombia), Pijiguay (Colombia), Pipire (Colombia), Pirijao (Colombia), Pupunha (Colombia), Pupuña (Colombia), Tenga (Colombia), Chantaduro (Colombia, Ecuador), Chontaduro (Colombia, Ecuador), Pejivalle (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala), Pejibaye (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala), Cachipay (Colombia), Sara-Pifuayo (Peru), Pisho-Guayo (Peru), Pijuanyo (Peru), Pifuayo (Peru), Pejwao (Peru), Chonta dura (Peru), Ruru (Peru), Pijuayo (Peru), Chonta (Bolivia, Colombia, Equador), Palma de castilla (Bolivia), Comer (Bolivia), Tembé (Bolivia), Macana (Venezuela), Melocoton (Venezuela), Pichiguao (Venezuela), Pihiguao (Venezuela), Pijiguao (Venezuela), Piriguao (Venezuela), Pixabay (Venezuela), Rancanilla (Venezuela), Paripie (Guayana), Pifá (Panama), Pibá (Panama), Pixbae (pronounced pibá) (Panama)
VIETNAMESE (Tiếng Việt): Cachipay

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Bactris gasipaes group



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