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Scientific classification Domain:	  Eukaryota    Kingdom:	Planta      eClade:	Tracheophytes Clade:	Angiosperms    Clade:	Monocots          Clade:	Commelinids    Order:	Arecales           Family:	Arecaceae        Genus:	Mauritia         Species:  M. flexuosa     

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Scientific classification Domain:	  Eukaryota    Kingdom:	Planta      eClade:	Tracheophytes Clade:	Angiosperms    Clade:	Monocots          Clade:	Commelinids    Order:	Arecales           Family:	Arecaceae        Genus:	Mauritia         Species:  M. flexuosa     

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Otherwise known as the 'tree of life', the moriche provides the Indians with fruit, juices and a sweet pulp that can be made into a type of bread.

Of the mentioned floral species, the moriche palm is considered "vulnerable" in Venezuela because its palm frond is intensely harvested and because of habitat destruction for agricultural, grazing and petroleum activities.

Also, structures created out of Moriche (representative palm of the region) are found there and ancestral communal houses known as Malocas are recreated.

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It proliferates in floodplains in the Amazon, the Orinoquia and the neighboring eastern Andean foothills at less than 900 meters above sea level, forming large populations, the Morichales, which constitute a particular type of wetland and ecosystem that attracts fauna in the fruiting season. As with many species of palm trees, it is a tree that forms extensive plant associations on the banks of rivers, called morichales or aguajales, a very thick and nourished vegetation, almost impenetrable. The «moriche palm» is one of the emblematic trees of Venezuela, and it is also so for the Achuar people who have this palm as their symbol. In 1800 the great German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt studied it, and thanks to its great natural properties, he named it the tree of life, as the perfect symbol of nature as a living organism

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Mauritia flexuosa is a dioecious, arborescent monocaule plant that can reach a height of 40 meters, as reported for the Brazilian Amazon region (Storti 1993), a diameter of 30 to 60 cm, and ends in a crown of 15 to 20 leaves costapalmadas arranged in a spiral, 2.5 meters long and 4.5 m wide

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Since time immemorial, the native population has made multiple use of this palm, especially the Achuar people of the Peruvian Amazon, who consume the fruits whose pulp is highly nutritious and contains protein, fat, vitamins and carbohydrates. It is eaten fresh directly or is used to make drinks like carato de moriche and even to make a sweet called turrón de moriche; and to extract oil. The tender stem can be cut to extract edible hearts of palm, and from the leaves, fibers are extracted to make twine, baskets, hammocks and other objects. In the fallen trunks they raise the edible mojojoy larvae of the coleoptera (Rhynchophorus palmarum, Rhinostomus barbirostris and Metamasius hemipterus).

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It is widely distributed in central and northern South America: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Scientific name

Mauritia flexuosa

Curiosities
indigenous peoples profess a tree known as the "tree of life" and often referred to as Palma de Moriche.

Legend of the indigenous Tamanaco has it that there was a general flood of which only a man and woman survived on the advice of Amalivaca, father of all men of the Caribbean nations.  Amalivaca urged this couple to take refuge at the top of Mount Tamacú, and while they were up they tossed moral palm fruits over their heads and on top of their heads, which gradually became new men and women.  .

Man lives in the shadow of the Moriche, because Moriche is the bread of life, as the first Castilian missionaries called it.  Today's natives not only use their leaves for weaving, but also their fruits for consumption Wood to build their homes, The Palm produces long strands that are ideal for making hammocks, and attracts a protein-rich species of worm that has been around  immemorial is consumed by indigenous people, not to mention their surroundings.

There is always water, vital.

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Buriti vegetable oil has the property of keeping the skin revitalized through its energizing and emollient properties. In addition, buriti oil has an effective sun filter that reduces skin dryness and also has properties that provide elasticity to the skin and fight aging. It is a good agent that provides hydration of the hair and protection from sunlight for hair damaged by this. Acts as a good product for dry and brittle hair

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The recommended distances in monoculture are varied, the most frequent is 8 × 8 m, and placing in each planting point 2 seedlings spaced 1 m with the purpose of eliminating the excess of male plants; a maximum of 20% of "male" plants should be kept in the population.

The fructification apparently occurs throughout the year, with greater concentrations between the months of February-August and relative scarcity in the months of September-November.

Production in natural systems is estimated at 6.1 t/ha in Peru and 9.1 t/ha in Colombia; under cultivation, in monoculture plantations of 100 palms/ha, 19 t/ha are obtained with an average of 190 kg/plant.