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Peach palm

Peach palm (Bactris gasipa) is called Pijuayo in Peruvian. The fruit and the heart of the palm are made into various food and drink products, Unamat forest, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.

Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR

For more information on CIFOR's research on Brazil nuts in Peru, please contact Manuel Guariguata (mailto:m.guariguata@cgiar.org)

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