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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7943
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, 46 km SW of Contamana, 103 km NW of Pucallpa. S side of Río Pisqui. Disturbed forest (tractor tracks). UTM 18M: 479369; 9145699
Coordinates 7° 43' 43'' S 75° 11' 13.5'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 139
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/13
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea cephalotus Poepp. ex Mart.
Determined by A. Henderson (NY)
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary canopy palm. Stem 8 m tall, 27 cm in diameter, with "spines" from old leaf bases. Number of leaves 15; leaf sheath more than 120 cm long; petiole absent; rachis 750 cm long; number of pinnae 198 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 124 cm long, middle pinna 114 cm long, apical pinna 42 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 125 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle more than 54 cm long, 4.2 cm wide; rachis 46 cm long, 8 cm wide. Number of fruits aprox. 300, each fruit brown, 10 x 5 cm. HB transect no. 371, outside subunit no. 23

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