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Collector Henderson, A.
Number 1685
Collected with F. Chávez & J. Guedes
Country Brazil
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Locality Acre, Rio Moa, near mouth of Rio Azul, Meia doze, about 10 minutes upstream from mouth, north side wheren river goes through small hill
Coordinates 7° 25' S 73° 15' W
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1992/02/14
End date 1992/02/14
Family Arecaceae
Identification Astrocaryum
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Field notes Stem solitary, 15 m tall, 30 cm diam, densely spiny on the internodes. Leaves 12; sheath 1.1 m long; petiole densely covered by flattened and yellowish spines; rachis 4.8 m long; pinnae 160 per side, more or less regularly arranged, but spreading in different planes. Infructescences interfoliar erect; prophyll 1.2 m long; peduncular bract inserted near apex of peduncle; peduncular bract 1.9 m long, densely spiny on outer surface; peduncle 2.3 m long; rachis 1.2 m long with 300 rachillae, rachillae 27-40 cm long. Common name: tucuma

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