Peach Palm (<i>Bactris gasipaes</i> Kunth.): Ancestral Tropical Staple with Future Potential
A pre-Columbian staple, <i>Bactris gasipaes</i> Kunth. is a palm tree domesticated around 4000 years ago, so appreciated that a Spanish chronicler wrote in 1545, “only their wives and children were held in higher regard” by the Mesoamerican natives. The peach palm is an integral part of...
Main Authors: | , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-11-01
|
Series: | Plants |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3134 |