Butia yatay
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Butia yatay, the jelly palm or yatay palm,[3] is a Butia palm native to southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[1] It is known as the butiá-jataí in Portuguese in the south of Brazil,[4][5] as well as simply jataí or butiá.[5] It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in Europe and the United States.[3][6] It is the tallest of all the species in the genus Butia.[citation needed] The fruit is edible with a sweet flavour.[7]
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Butia yatay | |
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Specimens of Butia yatay in the Parque Nacional El Palmar, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Butia |
Species: | B. yatay |
Binomial name | |
Butia yatay | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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