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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7931
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, 60 km SW of Contamana, 106 km NW of Pucallpa, Nueva Bellaunde. S side of Río Pisqui. Flat, rarely inundated ground. Disturbed forest with many tractor tracks. UTM 18M: 466950; 9136600
Coordinates 7° 48' 39.1'' S 75° 17' 59.2'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 163
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/11
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea butyracea (Murtis ex L.f) Wess.Boer
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary, canopy palm. Stem 8 m tall, 30 cm in diameter; internodes 5 cm long. Number of leaves to 20; leaf sheath open, about 120 cm long; petiole 0 cm long; rachis 8 m long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 175, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 75 cm long, middle pinna 100 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 240 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 140 cm long, 3 cm in diameter; rachis 56 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; rachillae 90, 19-22 cm long; peduncle, rachis and rachillae cream. Flowers sessile, cream. HB transect no. 369, outside subunit no. 51

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