Butia yatay: Difference between revisions

[[File:Butia yatay- Río Negro, Palmar, Suelo arenoso en bosque ribereño al margen del Río Negro.jpg|thumb|left|''Butia yatay'' bearing almost ripe fruit along the banks of the Río Negro in the Cerro de la Palmera, [[Río Negro Department]], Uruguay.]]

The shape of the fruit is ovoid. The shape of the 1.8-2.8 by 1-1.7cm nut is elongated, ellipsoid or turbinate, and it weighs 1.1-3.5g.<ref name=Brazil2020/><ref name=Soares2015/> The ripe fruit are 2.7-4.2cm by 1.5-3.8cm in size, weigh 8-23g, and have a persistent perianth. The fruit may be coloured yellow, orange, red or purple;<ref name=Soares2015/> the flesh is yellow, sweet, juicy and slightly fibrous.<ref name=Soares2015/><ref name=Palmar/> The nut often has a beak or protuberance at its extremities, a homogeneous endosperm, and from 1 to 3 seeds.<ref name=Soares2015/>