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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4285
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart PASTAZA
County  
Locality Moravia 2 km east of Shell, about 1 km south of 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 Euterpe catinga var. roraimae (Dammer)A.J.Hend. & Galeano
Determined by A. J. Henderson
Identification qualifier  
Field notes A clump of trees in highly disturbed remnants of swamp forest. Bare supported by an inverted cone, 60 cm high and 40 cm wide basally, of orange to brown, 1 cm diam, adventitious roots. Trunk 15 m high, 7 cm in diam throughout, brown, longitudinally fissured. Crown of ca 10 leaves on a 1 m long crownshaft. Leaves with a green, 1 m long close sheath; petiole 25 cm; blade 230 x 130 cm, pinnately divided with 45 pinnae on each side; rachis ascending and dropping towards the tip, pinnae pendant on each side. Inflorescences 3, inserted below the crownshaft; peduncle and rachis straight pointing slightly upwards; inflorescences branches sticking out to all sides but bending downwards towards the tip (contra?? to no 4281). Uses: No uses according to Armando Ortiz Silva, ??????, carpenter and farmer in Moravia

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