Editing Euterpe precatoria (section)

== Fruit and uses ==

The fruit pulp is the edible part: the fresh mesocarp yields the drink called açaí wine, and the same pulp goes into juices, ice cream, smoothies, popsicles and liqueurs. <sup>[[#cite_note-10|[10]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> The pulp supplies energy, lipids, dietary fibre, minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus, vitamins of the B group together with C and E, carotenoids, anthocyanins and phenolic compounds. <sup>[[#cite_note-10|[10]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-12|[12]]]</sup> In comparative laboratory studies the pulp has shown higher anthocyanin content and greater antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity than that of ''Euterpe oleracea''; these are assay-level comparisons, not established health effects. <sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup>

Fruit-pulp products of both açaí species are regulated in Brazil under Normative Instruction No. 37 of 1 October 2018 of the Ministry of Agriculture, and regional açaí of ''E. precatoria'' has received geographical indications, with Codajás in Amazonas recognised in 2024 and Feijó in Acre the first açaí GI in Brazil. <sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup> No formal cultivars or commercial seed lines have been released for this species; production is largely extractive, with genetic-improvement and cultivation-system research ongoing at Embrapa. <sup>[[#cite_note-5|[5]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup>

The apical meristem is eaten as palm heart, but cutting it kills the solitary stem, and heart-of-palm extraction severely reduced populations in Peru and Bolivia during the 1990s; fruit harvest is the sustainable product, and planting for fruit is being encouraged in Brazil. <sup>[[#cite_note-9|[9]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-8|[8]]]</sup> Traditional uses also include the roots in local medicine and the stems for construction. <sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>