The Attalea funifera mart., commonly known as piaçava, is a palm native to the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Its long fibers were traditionally used by Indigenous populations for general purposes and during the colonial period, it was widely applied in the manufacture of ship rigging. The extract of its fibers is done manually. The piaçaveiro grows?mounts?climbs? tthe palm by sustaining themselves on the leaf stalks, pulling the fibers that detach from the sides between the stalk and the tree trunk.