Astrocaryum vulgare Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 74 (1824)

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Brazil North present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

French Guiana present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Guyana present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

Suriname present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)A

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Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.: La industria indígena del cumare es interesantísima. (…). Cortan las hojas nuevas del cogollo, que aún no verdean y separan las nervaduras de la hoja y de las pinnas guardando sólo las láminas delgadas de parénquima y fibras finas. Luego éstas son ripiadas, es decir, hendidas a lo largo en tiritas más o menos finas, según el tejido que les vayan a dar. Después las tuercen fabricando un bramante retorcido en ovillos larguísimos. De este bramante, por último, se hacen los "mecates" o colgadores y las lindas hamacas, cinturones y telas que son característicos de los pueblos amazónicos.(…). Los frutos del cumare son ovales, muy oleaginosos. De su concha hacen los coreguajes unas bonitas gargantillas de amuletos negros, llamadas "guanares", (…). Hace algunos años apenas, el valor de una hamaca consistía en cuatro varas de zarraza de 25 centavos (…). (Pérez-Arbeláez, E. 1956: Plantas útiles de Colombia)

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Cultural	Personal adornment	Fruits	Indigenous	Coreguaje	Colombia
Cultural	Cloth and accessories	Entire leaf	Indigenous	Not specified	Colombia
Utensils and Tools	Domestic	Entire leaf	Indigenous	Not specified	Colombia

Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.: The fruits from the tucumá (...) and canangucha or aguaje (...) are sold fresh in flood markets in Leticia, on the Amazon River. (Bernal, R. 1998: Demography of the Vegetable Ivory Palm Phytelephas seemannii in Colombia, and the Impact of Seed Harvesting)
Use Category Use Sub Category Plant Part Human Group Ethnic Group Country
Human Food Food Fruits Not identified N/A Colombia

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Human Food	Food	Fruits	Not identified	N/A	Colombia

Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.: Witoto medicine men believe that the heavy spines on the trunk of chambira palm, Astrocaryum vulgare, are the favorite and most potent darts shot into the human body by malevolent spirits to cause sickness and misfortune. (…). The chambira palm yields the strongest fiber knoiwn in the Amazon, employed in makin hammocks, fish nets, bow strings and the like. The Yukuna indians of the Miriti-paraná River believe that this tree represents a spirit that came with the first people (…), and that he turned into an Astrocaryum tree in order to continue living with the Yukunas. (Schultes, R.E. 1974: Palms and religion in the Northwest Amazon)

Use Category	Use Sub Category	Plant Part	Human Group	Ethnic Group	Country
Utensils and Tools	Hunting and fishing	Spear leaf	Indigenous	Not specified	Colombia
Cultural	Ritual	Spines	Indigenous	Huitoto	Colombia
Cultural	Ritual	Entire plant	Indigenous	Yucuna	Colombia
Utensils and Tools	Domestic	Spear leaf	Indigenous	Not specified	Colombia

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A. World Checklist of Arecaceae

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