| Collector | Pedersen, H. B. |
| Number | 97643 |
| Collected with | Navarrete, H. & Mamallacta, M. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | NAPO |
| County | |
| Locality | Pt. Napo - Ahuano Road km 28, 2 km from the road. On the bank of Rio Napo, secundary forest. |
| Coordinates | 1° 3' S 77° 35' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 450 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 450 |
| Start date | 2000/00/00 |
| End date | 2000/00/00 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris martiana A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | Balslev, H. (AAU), 1999. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Caespitose palm with approximately 15 stems. Stems spiny, to 300 cm tall, DBH: 4 cm. Leaf sheath 60 cm, petiole 40 cm, rachis 125 cm, pinnae arranged in one plane - 40 on each side of the rachis. One infructescence with 28 green fruits. Vernacular name: Achupara (Spanish/Quichua). Fruits are edible. When spines are removed from the stem the outer fibrous layer can be scraped off with a macheté. It is used as wading in the compression of gunpowder into muzzle loading rifles. Informant: Mercedes Mamallacta (Quichua). |
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