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Collector Henderson, A.
Number 1659
Collected with E.Ferreira, F.Chavez & J.Guedes
Country Brazil
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County  
Locality Acre, Rio Juruá, above Cruzeiro do Sul, near Natal
Coordinates 8° 20' S 72° 15' W
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1992/02/08
End date 1992/02/08
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea phalerata Mart.
Determined by Borchsenius, F.
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Field notes Stem solitary, more or less 8 m tall, 35 cm diam, at the apex covered by persistent leaf sheaths. Leaves about 17; sheath 1.7 cm long, without fibres on the margins; petiole absent; pinnae regurlarly arranged, but spreading in slightly differents planes. Inflorescence interfoliar, pistillate inflorescence club shaped, rachilla 50 cm long x 18 cm wide, covered with very short rachillae; fruits densely clustered in the inflorescence; fruits prismatic, 11 cm long, 5 cm diam; endocarp with clustered fibers; seeds 1-3

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