Attalea funifera

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Arecaceae}}

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|image=Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng. (6709150563).jpg

|image_caption=Infructescence

|image2=Attalea funifera Mart. ex Spreng. (6709153179).jpg

|image2_caption=Nut

|genus=Attalea

|species=funifera

|authority=Mart.

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|synonyms=

• Attalea acaulis {{small|Burret}}
• Sarinia funifera {{small|(Mart.) O.F.Cook}}

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Attalea funifera, the Bahia piassava, is a species of palm (family Arecaceae), native to eastern Brazil.{{cite POWO |id=664434-1 |title=Attalea funifera Mart. |access-date=27 February 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Attalea funifera Bahia piassava |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/156843/i-attalea-funifera-i/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=27 February 2022 |quote=Other common names; coquilla, coquilla nut palm, monkey grass palm, para grass palm, piassalba, pissaba palm, broom palm [2] }} It is a major source of piassava fiber, used in brooms and brushes.{{cite journal |title=The use of piassava fibers (Attalea funifera) in the preparation of activated carbon |year=2010 |last1=Avelar |first1=Fabiana Ferreira |last2=Bianchi |first2=Maria Lúcia |last3=Gonçalves |first3=Maraisa |last4=Da Mota |first4=Estella Gaspar |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=101 |issue=12 |pages=4639–4645 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.103 |pmid=20172713 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2010BiTec.101.4639A }}