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| Collector | Moore,Jr., H.E. |
| Number | 6569 |
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| Country | Costa Rica |
| Subpart | Heredia |
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| Locality | Steep banks by Río Maria Aguilar between Cariblanco and San Miguel, valley of Río Sarapiqui |
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| Minimum elevation (m) | 700 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 700 |
| Start date | 1953/03/23 |
| End date | 1953/03/23 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. |
| Determined by | Bernal, R.; Galeano, G. |
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| Field notes | Single-stemmed, to 10 ft. high, 1 1/2 in. diameter, closely bright-green ren ed. Spadices below leaves, one per node, orange with blue-green fruit when immature, rachillae 3-4 mm diam. when fresh, fleshy, much reduced in drying. Leaves 5-6 in spreading crown, the pinnae spreading, strongly veined. Scarcely distinguishable from C. tepejilote as seen in Mexico. Furit obovoid, 13 mm long., 10 mm thick. |
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