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Chemical and Functional Properties of Amazonian Fruits
Published in Luzia Valentina Modolo, Mary Ann Foglio, Brazilian Medicinal Plants, 2019
Elaine Pessoa, Josilene Lima Serra, Hervé Rogez, Sylvain Darnet
Bactris gasipaes, the peach palm or pupunha (Brazil), is the only Neotropical palm with domesticated populations in the Amazon region (Clement et al., 2010). Peach palm is endemic from the tropical forest with a natural distribution that extends from Panama to Bolivia (Leterme et al., 2005). Peach palm has a large variety of breeds and ecotypes, broadly distributed in areas, known as landraces, located in the humid Neotropics, particularly in Amazonia (Clement et al., 2010).
Birth seasons and heights among girls and boys below 12 years of age: lasting effects and catch-up growth among native Amazonians in Bolivia
Published in Annals of Human Biology, 2018
Marek Brabec, Jere R Behrman, Susan D. Emmett, Edward Gibson, Celeste Kidd, William Leonard, Mary E. Penny, Steven T. Piantadosi, Abhishek Sharma, Susan Tanner, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Ricardo A Godoy
At the onset of the dry season many edible forest fruits ripen, which provide food and contribute to the weight gain of edible wild animals (Huanca 2008; Luz 2012), principally spider monkey, tufted capuchin, collared peccary, red brocket deer, and tapir (Luz 2012, pp. 19–20). During the dry season, Tsimane’ hunt more and forage more for feral plants (Godoy et al. 2009a; Luz 2012). In a five-quarter longitudinal study in two villages, Reyes-García (2001) found that households used a total of 49 wild plants as food. Most of these were edible fruits, principally Palmae (e.g. Bactris gasipaes), Glusiaceae (e.g. Rheedia acuminata), and Moraceae (Pseudolmedia laevis). She found slightly more dependence on wild plants during November–February and August–November than during the rest of the year. In the same study, Byron (2003) found that wild foods were mentioned infrequently in dietary recalls, probably because wild foods were eaten away from home at the moment they were encountered. During the dry season, Tsimane’ take advantage of the up-river fish migration by fishing in groups with plant poison, or by fishing alone with nets, bows, and arrows. The dry season is also the time when road travel to towns and markets is easiest.