The artist is a native of the Brazilian Cerrado and chose to depict the buriti due to its significance in this biome. This fruit has been used in various ways\u2014food, decoration, crafts, beauty, and health\u2014since the time of Indigenous peoples, who call it the \u201ctree of life,\u201d and continues to be valued today.<\/p>\n
The buriti fruit, also known as miriti, has the scientific name Mauritia flexuosa and comes from the most abundant palm tree in Brazil. Its fruits are rich in vitamins and serve as food for humans, birds, and small mammals, which also contribute to seed dispersal.<\/p>\n
The buriti palm provides hearts of palm, starch, and wood. Its fruit produces an oil of great medicinal value. The buriti leaves yield straw that is widely used for roofing houses and in handicrafts, such as making bags, rugs, tablecloths, toys, and jewelry. The stalks of buriti leaves are also used to craft light, durable, and beautiful furniture.<\/p>\n
The buriti nut is used for small sculptures, and the pulp has a sweet, slightly acidic flavor. It can be eaten fresh or used in various culinary preparations, such as desserts, wines, and popsicles.<\/p>\n
Buriti also plays a significant role in the cosmetic industry, being used in skin and hair care products. Additionally, the young leaves of the palm produce extremely fine fibers, which artisans call \u201cburiti silk.\u201d These fibers are often used in the production of items made with golden grass (capim-dourado).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J\u00falia d\u2019 Paula<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2857,"featured_media":368807,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[101,422],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/368806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=368806"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=368806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}