Lot of people especially the one's not familiar with acai berry always ask this. Even me when I started to be curious about it. Let's begin my journey to acai berry.
The açaí palm, also aqai (IPA: /asaˈi/) is a member of the genus Euterpe, which contains 8 species of palms native to tropical Central and South America, from Belize south to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in floodplains and swamps.
The genus is named after the muse Euterpe of Greek mythology. Euterpe are tall, slender palms growing to 15–30 meters, with pinnate leaves up to 3 meters long. Many of the palms that were once in the genus Euterpe have been reclassified into the genus Prestoea (Riffle, 2003). The species Euterpe oleracea is usually called Açaí Palm, after the European derivation of the Tupian word ïwasa'i, 'fruit that cries or expels water'.
Acai palms are fast growing, and are cultivated for both their fruits and for their superior hearts of palm. Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in recent years, and Acai is now cultivated for that purpose primarily. The closely related species Euterpe edulis (jucara) is now predominantly used for hearts of palm.
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