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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 4284 |
| Collected with | L. Brako |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | PASTAZA |
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| Locality | Shell, about 1 km south of the road on the flodplain of Río Pastaza. Remnants of swamp forest. |
| Coordinates | 1° 30' S 78° 3' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1050 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1050 |
| Start date | 1983/03/17 |
| End date | 1983/03/17 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Geonoma undata subsp. undata Klotzsch |
| Determined by | A. Henderson |
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| Field notes | Clumps of 3-4 trees in highly disturbed forest. Bare with an inverted cone, 15 cm high and 15 cm in diam, of smooth greenish brown, thin adventition roots. Trunk adscending, 510 cm high, 5 cm in diam throughout. Leaves with a 25 cm long almost completely open sheath, petiole 75 cm long, blade 150 x 95 cm, pinnately divided with about 15 pinnae on each side. Inflorescence red, fruit black when mature. Uses: According to Sr. Armando Ortiz Silva, lumberman, carpenter and farmer in Moravia, the black substance of the mature fruits can be used as a dye. |
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