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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7916
Collected with C. Grandez, D. Pedersen, B. Bergmann, G. del Aguila Panduro, Jim Chilo, A. Alvarado & J. Gonzales Baardales
Country Peru
Subpart Loreto
County  
Locality Río Ucayali, 31 km SE of Contamana, 95 km NW of Pucallpa. 6 km up Quebrada Cashiboya. Disturbed primary forest. UTM 18M: 510693; 9158548
Coordinates 7° 36' 44.7'' S 74° 54' 11'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 145
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/09
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris bifida Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial understory palm. Stem 30 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 6; sheath closed, 15 cm long; petiole 64 cm long; rachis 24 cm long; lamina entire, 52 cm long, 22 cm wide; sheath, petiole and rachis with spines, yellow with dark apex and base. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 12 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown; peduncle 18.5 cm long, 0.5 cm thick; rachillae 2, 5 cm long; bract with black spines. Fruits green. HB transect no. 368, subunit no. 12

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