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Collector Henderson, A.
Number 1032
Collected with Galeano, G.; Meza, E.
Country Peru
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Locality Dep. Pasco, Prov. Oxapampa, Distr. Huancabamba, Cordillera Yanachaga, ridge SE os Co.operativa 3 de Mayo (off road between Oxapampa and Huancabamba).
Coordinates 10° 27' S 75° 26' W
Minimum elevation (m) 2000
Maximum elevation (m) 2000
Start date 1989/05/24
End date 1989/05/24
Family Arecaceae
Identification Euterpe luminosa A.J.Hend., Galeano & Meza
Determined by Borchsenius, F.
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Field notes Stems cespitose, but only one stem developed and with 2-3 shoots, 8-11 m tall, 5-7 cm diam at base, ca 3 cm diam at apex, grayish, slightly fissured longitudinally. Leaves 9-12, spreading, arched; sheaths forming a crownshaft, 48-65 cm long, green with a brownish tomentum toward apex; petiole 20-35 cm long, green, (petiole and rachis red in young plants), flattened above, rounded below; rachis112-145 cm long, flattened above for a short distance; pinnae 48-69 on each side, almost pendulous, making a roof shape. Inflorescence infrafoliar, light green, with immature fruits. Eophylls pinnate. Common names "palma palanca, guayaquil". The trunks are used as poles. Growing in wet forest dominated by Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

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