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    Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, miriti (Brazil), canangucho (Colombia), morete or acho (Ecuador), or aguaje...
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    Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently...
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  • M. flexuosa may refer to: Macrozamia flexuosa, a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae Mauritia flexuosa, a species of palm tree Flexuosa (disambiguation)...
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    Caribbean, while the other M. carana is restricted to the Amazon region. Mauritia flexuosa: Trinidad (also tropical South America). Oenocarpus is a genus of...
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    America. This bird is noted for its close association with the palm Mauritia flexuosa (moriche, buriti, ita, ité, etc.). This ecologically distinct bird...
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    They nest almost exclusively in dead palms and most nests are in Mauritia flexuosa palms. The female typically lays two or three eggs. The female incubates...
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    scapes sewn tightly together with strips from the Moriche Palm's (Mauritia flexuosa) young leaves. For decades the handicrafts were only made by women...
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    noticeably swells. They have been known to nest in trees or in cavities of Mauritia flexuosa palms. Fertility rate of sun conures is relatively high. Typical clutch...
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    the northwestern cerrado. Its habitat is moriche (or buriti) palm (Mauritia flexuosa) swamp forests and sandy savannahs with palm groves. They are critically...
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    "Achuar" originates from the name of the large palm trees called "Achu" (Mauritia flexuosa) that are abundant in the swamps within their territory. In the past...
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