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Meaning of milpesos



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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It is one of the common names given in Colombia to a palm tree. We also call it unamo, patabá or seje. Its scientific name is Oenocarpus bataua. It belongs to the family Arecaceae. It has medicinal uses.

  



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John Rene Plaut

MILPESOS palm family plant. Jessenia bataua called MAJO in Bolivia. Traditionally the indigenous have harvested their fruits to make refreshing drinks and sometimes to produce oil against cough and bronchitis. The bud is edible and is used to produce arepas of corobas and the leaf is used to make CHURUATAS or collective tapered roof huts.

  










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