Astrocaryum acaule Mart. Palmae. Brazil. This is a palm of the
Rio Negro. The fruit is edible. Astrocaryum murumura Mart.
Murumura. A palm of the Brazilian forest. The fruit, according
to Kunth, has an agreeable flavor and at first a scent
resembling musk but afterwards that of a melon. Wallace states
that the fleshy covering of the fruit is rather juicy and is
eatable. Astrocaryum tucuma Mart. Upper Amazon and Rio Negro.
The fleshy part of the fruit is esteemed for food by the
Indians. The yellowish, fibrous pulp is eaten by the natives.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U.
P. Hedrick.