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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 4858 |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | NAPO |
| County | |
| Locality | San Pablo de los Secoyas on Río Aguarico. Pasture in tropical rain forest along white water river. Ethnobotanical information Sr. Roberto Payaguaja. |
| Coordinates | 0° 18' S 76° 20' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 300 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 300 |
| Start date | 1984/02/19 |
| End date | 1984/02/19 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris martiana A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | Balslev, H. (AAU), 1999. |
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| Field notes | Secoya: "Ñu-quë". A large clump of several hundred stems. Individual trees to 6 m tall. Trunk 3-4 cm in diam, with black spines pointing downwards. Crown of 3-4 expanded leaves; sheaths heavily spiny 30-40 cm long; petioles 15-20 cm long; blade ca 160 x 100 cm with 46 pinnae on each side.Inflorescences infrafoliar, one per trunk, spathe persistent; fruiting part to 20 x 10 cm with many fruits densely packed together, each fruit first green, then, when mature, maroon, exocarp leaf?ery, mesocarp white juicy, with a pleasant taste. Uses: The mesocarp is eaten. The trunk is scraped and the fine (spaaner)? are used to load (cartuehos). |
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