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| Collector | Pedersen, H. B. |
| Number | 97656 |
| Collected with | Bergmann, B. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | PASTAZA |
| County | |
| Locality | Road to Canelos (from the Puyo-Macas road) km 10. Primary forest. |
| Coordinates | 1° 37' S 77° 47' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 700 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 700 |
| Start date | 1991/03/18 |
| End date | 1991/03/18 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Prestoea schultzeana (Burret)H.E. Moore |
| Determined by | H. B. Pedersen (AAU), 1991. |
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| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 160 cm tall, prostate for 130 cm and erect for 30 cm, DBH: 30 cm. With leaves, leafsheath 50 cm, peduncle 100 cm, rachis 141 cm, pinnae regularly distributed in one plane, 35 on one side. One erect infructescence, prophyll 40 cm, first peduncular bracts 115 cm, peduncle reddish and 81 cm long, rachis 14 cm with 9 rachillae. Leaves used for thatch, palm heart edible, fruits eaten by birds. |
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