Cedrela oderata, Copaifera reticulata, and Phytelephas macrocarpa. From Wordnik.com. [Iquitos varzea] Reference
Other species are very valuable for the non-wood products they provide; this is true of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) and "barbasco" (Jacquinia sprucei). From Wordnik.com. [Ecuadorian dry forests] Reference
In the north of the region, some of the best known plants yield products of commercial value, such as rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), balsam wood (Myroxylon balsamum), timber and essential oil (Amburana acreana), tagua nut (Phytelephas microcarpa), and strychnine (Strychnos asperula). From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
Why should not the industry and ingenuity which have wrought such wonders in our horticulture produce analogous results when applied to the cultivation and amelioration of larger vegetables Might not, for instance, the ivory nut, the fruit of the Phytelephas macrocarpa, possibly be so increased in size as to serve nearly all the purposes of animal ivory now becoming so scarce Might not the various milk-producing trees become, by cultivation, a really important source of nutriment to the inhabitants of warm climates In short, there is room to hope incalculable advantage from the exercise of human skill in the improvement of yet untamed forms of vegetable life. From Wordnik.com. [Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical)] Reference
Phytelephas (nut palm). From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Palms include, among others, members of the genera Astrocaryum, Iriartea and Sheelea, Oenocarpus mapora, Chelyocarpus chuco, Phytelephas macrocarpa, Euterpe precatoria, and Jessenia bataua. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
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