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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7976
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, 10 km NE of Contamana, 135 km N of Pucallpa. Km 13 on Contamana - Aguas Calientes road, left side of road. Primary forest. UTM 18M: 500785; 9197436
Coordinates 7° 15' 38.4'' S 74° 59' 34.4'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 171
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/19
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea tessmannii Burret
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary canopy palm. Stem 7 m tall, 47 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 5 cm long. Leaves 16; leaf sheath open, more than 106 cm long; petiole 204 cm long; rachis 858 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 195 per side, inserted in groups of 2-5, basal pinna 110 cm long, middle pinna 138 cm long, apical pinna 54 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 250 cm long, woody, light brown; peduncle more than 119 cm long, 4.5 cm wide; rachis 139 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachillae 235, 25.5 to 28 cm long; peduncle, rachis and rachillae yellow. Flowers yellow/cream. HB transect no. 380, outside subunit no. 22

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