The species is native to eastern Amazonia, especially in Brazil, mainly
in swamps and floodplains. Açaí palms are tall, slender trees growing to
more than 25 m (82 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3 m (9.8 ft)
long. The fruit is small, round, and black-purple in color. The fruit
became a staple food in floodplain areas around the 18th century, but
its consumption in urban areas and promotion as a health food only began
in the mid 1990s along with the popularization of other Amazonian fruits
outside the region.
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