Mauritia

De Franpa, L.F. et ah. Supercritical extraction of carotenoids and lipids from buriti (Mauritia flexuosa), a fruit from the Amazon region, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 14, 247, 1999. 

Buriti Mauritia flexuosa) is a fruit from plam tree that grows in Amazon region (Brazil). 

Zanatta C, Mitjans M, Urgatondo V, Rocha-Filho P, Vinardell M. Photoprotective potential of emnlsions formnlated with Bnriti oil Mauritia flexuosa) against UV irradiation on keratinocytes and fibroblasts cell lines. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2010 48(l) 70-75. 

Koolen HHF, Soares ER, da Silva FMA, de Almeida RA, de Souza ADL, de Medeiros LS, et al. An antimicrobial alkaloid and other metabolites produced by Penicillium sp, an endophytic fungus isolated from Mauritia flexuosa L. f. Quim Nova 2012 35(4) 771. ... 

Mauritia flexuosa, also locally called buriti, is widespread in lowlands of northern South America on poor sandy soil. It is a very tall palm carrying up to 8 fruit bunches per year and is found in dense stands in Peru. The composition of the whole fruit is 53% water, 25% kernel and 22% pulp and skin. Oil content of the skin and pulp (dry basis) is reported at 24.55% (Bohorquez, 1972) and 29% (Blicher-Mathieson and Balslev,... 

Table 8.11 Fatty acid composition (%) of Mauritia flesh oils...

Bohorquez, J.A. (1972) Monografia sobre Mauritia flexuosa, Proc. Int. Symp. on Plants of Economic Interest of the Amazon Flora, Belem, Brazil, Pub IICA Tropicos No. 93.233-245. 

Santos, L. 2005. Nutritional and ecological aspects of buriti or aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa Linnaeus filius) A carotene-rich palm fruit from Latin America. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 44(5), 345-358. 

Other vegetation types occur within the Cerrado Biome. Gallery forests occur along the rivers, and contain many species which also occur in the rain forests of the Amazon and the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Oliveira-Filho and Ratter, 1995). Wet campos, lacking trees, except the fan palm Mauritia flexuosa L.f., frequently occur between cerrados and gallery forest, where there is extreme fluctuation of the water table. In these areas, waterlogging in the wet season excludes woody cerrado species, while in the dry season the soils are too dry to support gallery forest species. Seasonally dry tropical forest occurs on areas of fertile soil, which are often associated with calcareous rocks (Ratter et al., 1978). 

EvOTgreen gallery forest with Mauritia flexuosa (mtxichales)... 

Flooded Leersia, Hymenachne, Paspalum savannas temporarily flooded Paspalum and/or Mesosetum savannas with Mauritia flexuosa L. f. palms (morichales)... 

Rull, V., Biogeographical and evolutionary considerations of Mauritia (Arecaceae), based on palynological evidence. Rev. Paleobot. PalynoL, 100, 109, 1998. 

Palmae Bactris, Mauritia, Maximiliam Meliaceae Ruagea... 

Supercritical extraction of carotenoides and lipids from Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) a fruit of the Amazon Region. Journal Supercritical Fluids, 74(3), 247-258. Doi 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00122-3. 

Amazonian fan palm Mauritia flexuosa) the sap flows from the inflorescence stalks after scorching the palm with fire. Daily production is 4—20 liters from a single palm with the flow rate continued for 2-3 months. The sap may be evaporated into brown palm syrup Cltigg D ) ot is fermented to palm wine, which may be further processed into arrack or vinegar. 

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