| Collector | Noblick, L.R. |
| Number | 4604 |
| Collected with | S.F.Glassman & J.L. dos S.Lima |
| Country | Brazil |
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| Locality | Municipio of Jacobina, ca. 6 km SW of the city, Fazendinha. Moist humid forests in light brown, clayey soils subject to periodic dry spells |
| Coordinates | 11° 11' S 40° 31' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 450 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 550 |
| Start date | 1988/08/23 |
| End date | 1988/08/23 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Attalea pindobassu Bondar |
| Determined by | Noblick, L.R. |
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| Field notes | Palmeira or Babacu is the common name. Solitary palm with 6-7 m x 35cm trunk. 20-25 leaves in crown, spirally arranged and strongly ascending. Leaf petiole 150 cm with smooth margins but with thick strong fibers on the leaf sheath and concave-convex in transection. Leafrachis 632-648 cm. 177-186 pairs of pinnae which are distributed evenly along the rachis in one plane. Only 7-8 pinnae clustered at the base of the leaf which is sometimes asymmetric. Middle pinnae 96-117 cm x 5.6-6.8 cm. Staminate interfoliar inflorescence with 60 cm peduncle and 83-98 cm rachis. numerous rachillae with a lenght of 12-22 cm. Peduncular bract 175-210 cm including an unusually long beak of 48-60 cm and a bract width of 23-25 cm. Yellowish staminate flowers up to 20 mm in lenght with 10-12 mm long stamens. Palm species common in this area, but being cut out because they are thought to harbor Hemiptera responsible for transmitting Chagas disease |
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