The Platonia insignis tree possesses the singular trait of sprouting through the roots. At Oriental Amazon, in older areas where Platonia insignis bushes occur naturally one may notice the sprouting of this arboreal species, in ways that resemble weeds. Many farmers replant these spontaneous sprouts, with sufficient spacing in between them, then adequately trim their crowns and care for the new sprouts, allowing the formation of new bushes and thus helping to restore degraded areas in Pará's Northeast mesoregions and Ilha de Marajó. The identification, characterization and diffusion of different systems of Platonia insignis management may contribute to the decrease in deforestation pressure in wooded areas and, at the same time, be an economic alternate for family farmers in these studied areas. The replanting of these trees may be done through these root sprouts in deforested tilled areas which were later abandoned. The fruit production occurs if the trees can be saved from future felling and fires, in the period that proceeds from eight to ten years. Due to fact that the tree is a rustic plant and that its fruits have been subject to an increasing market demand, this culture started gathering attention from agriculture producers, who started saving some trees in their orchards. Today's "current management" consists of prioritizing most vigorous sprouts and spacing them from four to eight meters between each other in the abandoned tilled lands. Posterior caring for these orchards consists only of annual weed clearing for adult trees to facilitate the fruit gathering. Many producers from the mesoregion of Pará's northeast and Ilha do Marajó are now adopting the practice of sprout management due to the valorization of this plant's fruit, especially over the last ten years, in a variety of methods. Since the areas of natural occurrence of the Platonia insignis have been subject to great occupation pressure, the possibilities of future use of their fruits might be compromised, considering their positive marketing perspectives. The generation of income and work, and the regeneration of degraded areas might also be undermined.

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