acai: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	assai • assaí • Euterpe oleracea • açaí

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Acai palm tree (Euterpe oleracea) with clusters of green acai fruit hanging from long stems, surrounded by dense tropical foliage.

A worker climbs high up a slender acai palm tree surrounded by other tropical foliage in the Amazon rainforest, harvesting acai fruit in Amapa state, Brazil.

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