Abstract
Confined to wetlands, this short grows along river banks and the margins of lakes in western Amazonia north and east to the Upper Orinoco and Guianas. The purple fruits are gathered to eat and make juice.
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Smith, N. (2015). Bactris bidentula . In: Palms and People in the Amazon. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05509-1_20
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