About the plant
This small palm is endemic to southern Brazil, where the climate is cooler and wetter than in the rest of the country.
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Vulnerable
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Human foodPlant supplies food for humans
Facts
- Yellow orange coloured fruits
- Livestock eat the seedlings
- Grows up to 6m tall
By Cerlin Ng via flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
By Cerlin Ng via flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
By Scott Zona via flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
Krzysztof Ziarnek via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Krzysztof Ziarnek via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Buyer beware
Butia eriospatha is widely cultivated in private gardens. Wild populations of this palm are limited partly due to people illegally extracting plants to grow as ornamentals. Butia enthusiasts should buy from a reputable nursery which will ensure plants haven’t been poached from the wild.
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Vulnerable
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Human foodPlant supplies food for humans