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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4272
Collected with L. Brako
Country Ecuador
Subpart NAPO
County  
Locality 1 km W of Baeza.
Coordinates 0° 27' S 77° 53' W
Minimum elevation (m) 2000
Maximum elevation (m) 2000
Start date 1983/03/13
End date 1983/03/13
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chamaedorea poeppigiana (Mart.)Gentry
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Field notes A solitary tree in remains of montane forest along small rivulet in area otherwise cleared for pasture. Bare without special adventitious ???. Trunk erect, 450 cm high, 4.5 cm in diam throughout, green, smooth with leafscars spaced at 25 cm intervals basally; internodes reduced to 2 cm apically. Crown of 4 leaves, each with a 40 cm long closed sheath forming a slender crownshaft; petiole 15 cm long; blade 135 x 100 cm; pinnately divide but the pinnae not of the same ??????. Four (4) expanded and a few unexpanded inflorescences inserted just below crown; fruits green turning orange at maturity. Uses: No uses or local names noted.

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