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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8114
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 Amazonas, 90 km NE of Iquitos. Village of Roca Eterna, aprox. 4 km N of village. Primary forest on tierra firme. UTM 18M: 776970; 9619510
Coordinates 3° 26' 20.8'' S 72° 30' 26.2'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 104
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/07/10
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Manicaria saccifera Gaertn.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary midstory palm. Stem 254 cm tall, 13 cm in diameter, rough from numerous leaf scars; internodes 2 cm long. Leaves 12; leaf sheath+petiole 179-231 cm long, sheath open; rachis 345 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae per side 24, pinnae with 1-16 nerves, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 122 cm long, middle pinna 123 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 56 cm long; 2 cm thick; rachis 21 cm long, 1.8 cm thick; rachillae 10, 7-9 cm long. Fruits globose, brown, rough, ca. 4 cm in diameter. HB transect no. 404, subunit no. 1

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