Uses and Commercial Prospects for the Wine Palm, Attalea butyracea, in Colombia
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2010
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess. Boer is a massive and abundant palm that grows in dry areas of northern, central and eastern Colombia, where it ranks as one of the most useful plants. Thirty-six uses in eight use categories are recorded for this species in Colombia, including food, animal feed, medicine, construction, and technological and cultural uses. Most uses have only minor, local relevance, but some of them have potential that is worth exploring. The potential of the palm as a source of sugar, oil, palm heart, fiber, animal feed, and activated charcoal is discussed. Sugar production seems particularly promising; if the palm can be tapped through the inflorescence in the same way that other palms are tapped in Asia, sugar production in an integrated agrosilvopastoral system could be comparable to that of sugarcane planted for jaggery production. We suggest that this palm also has potential as a source of biofuel.
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Bernal R, Galeano G, García N, Olivares I L, Cocomá C. 2010. Uses and commercial prospects for the wine palm, Attalea butyracea, in Colombia. Ethnobotany Res Appl 8:255-268.
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