Biology (plants and animals)

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Juayacu in Peru is the name of a plant defined with Attalea maripa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym according to W.T. Stearn and Joseph Ewan the genus was named for the German Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp zu Wied-Neuwied, 1782–1867, traveller and plant collector in Brazil. See Joseph Ewan, Rocky Mountain Naturalists. 261. The University of Denver Press 1950, Stafleu and Cowan, Taxonomic Literature. 3: 381. 1981, Claudio Urbano, B. Pinheiro and Michael J. Balick, “Brazilian Palms. Notes on Their Uses and Vernacular Names, compiled and translated from Pio Corrêa’s “Dicionário das Plantas Úteis do Brasil e das Exóticas Cultivadas,” with updated nomenclature and added illustrations.” in Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. Volume 17. 1987, William T. Stearn, Stearn’s Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. 203. 1993, Helmut Genaust, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 372. Basel 1996. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Linnaea (1857)
· Indig. Palms Surin. (1965)
· Hist. Pl. Guiane (1775)
· Vellosia, ed. 2 (1891)
· Arnaldoa (2002)
· Hist. Nat. Palm. (1826)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Juayacu, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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