Figure 1.

Tucum palm (Bactris setosa Mart.): (a) records of occurrences of the species Bactris setosa Mart. in Brazil (reproduced with permission from [25]); (b) map of the geographic distribution of the species Bactris setosa Mart. in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina (Reproduced with permission from [26]); (c) clump from which samples were taken; (d) green fruit of the tucum palm; (e) detail of the thorns on the rachis of the tucum leaf; (f) ripe fruit of the tucum palm, from left to right: first, the fruit with its outer skin; next, the same fruit without the skin, exposing the pulp; and finally, the whole and broken almond, from which tucum oil is extracted.