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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4274
Collected with L. Brako
Country Ecuador
Subpart PASTAZA
County  
Locality 3 km South of Shell towards Madre Tierra, just west of Puyo. Remnants of tropical forest.
Coordinates 1° 30' S 78° 3' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1050
Maximum elevation (m) 1050
Start date 1983/03/15
End date 1983/03/15
Family Arecaceae
Identification Prestoea
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Field notes (Prestoea sp.). Clumps of 2-3 trees on steep ?????? slopes towards river. Base with loose cover of reddish-orange adventitios roots, each ca 1 cm diam. Trunk 6 m tall, 6.5 cm in diam, brown, smooth with leafscars 10 cm apart. Crown of ca 10 spreading leaves, each with ca 60 cm long sheathing base, 50 cm petiole; blade 200 x 130 cm, pinnately divided in 49 pinnaes on each side. Inflorescences three, below ????? leaves, in various sta??? of maturation; rachis and branches pink turning red. Fruits turning green. Peduncle 60 cm long; rachis 50 cm long, with 66 1st order branches, no 2nd order branching. Old spathe inserted on the peduncle ???? from base.

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