Euterpe precatoria is a tall, slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palm native to Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

[3] Stems are usually solitary (occasionally clustered), 3–20 metres tall and 4–23 centimetres in diameter.

During the 1990s, the palm was heavily harvested for palmito in Peru and Bolivia, but production dropped in the early 2000s due to overharvesting.

[9] which has shorter, solitary or clustered stems, and is found in Colombia and Central America.

[4] Common names include mountain cabbage in Belize, açai, açaizeiro, açaí-do-amazonas or açaí-solitário in Brazil, asaí and palmiche in Colombia, wassaï in French Guiana, huasaí in Peru and manaca in Venezuela.