{{Short description|Fibrous product of Brazilian palm species Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba}}thumb|Piassava broom at a market '''Piassava''', also '''piaçava''' ({{IPA|pt|pi.(j)ɐˈsavɐ}}), '''piaçaba''' ({{IPA|pt|pi.(j)ɐˈsabɐ|}}), '''piasaba''', '''pissaba''', '''piassaba''', and '''piaçá''' ({{IPA|pt|pjɐˈsa|}}),<ref>The '''piaçá''' form occurs mostly in Portugal and is considered less correct by some dictionaries.</ref> is a fibrous product of Brazilian palm species ''Attalea funifera'' and ''Leopoldinia piassaba''. It is often used in making brooms and for other purposes.{{cn|date=October 2023}}
Piassava was historically exported to Europe before the widespread use of synthetic materials such as plastic. Today, it is mostly used locally in South America.<ref name="Brokamp-2015">{{cite book |last=Brokamp |first=Grischa |date=2015 |title=Relevance and Sustainability of Wild Plant Collection in NW South America: Insights from the Plant Families Arecaceae and Krameriaceae |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783658086954 |location=Wiesbaden |publisher=Springer Spektrum |doi=10.1007/978-3-658-08696-1 |isbn=978-3-658-08695-4|s2cid=30557398 }}</ref>
==See also== * West African piassava palm
== References == {{reflist}} * Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon Vol. I by Lieutenant William Lewis Herndon (1853) chapter 14, p. 285 * ''Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary'' (1913)
Category:Plant common names Category:Fiber plants
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