| Collector | Banka, R. |
| Number | 2011 |
| Collected with | Blii Baker, Kathleen King, Kaisy Desiang, Desmond Feni, Fecks Fuba, Onzo Togi & Kaping Mino |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Subpart | Morobe |
| County | |
| Locality | Finschhafen district. Banario Mountain, near Nanduo village, 28 km NW of Finschhafen. Montane forest. |
| Coordinates | 6° 25' 55.5'' S 147° 40' 3.2'' E |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1000 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1000 |
| Start date | 2000/12/06 |
| End date | 2000/12/06 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Heterospathe humilis Becc. |
| Determined by | W.J. Baker |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Acaulescent palm with litter-trapping crown comprising 18 leaves. Leaf 330cm including 150cm petiole, pinkish on emergence, few scattered scales and some rust-colured indumentum on rachis and petiole. Leaflets 39 each side of rachis, arranged regulary. Inflorescence 130cm long including 110cm peduncle, branched to 2 orders, 14 primary branches, largest primary branch 26cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, red when ripe, 1.5cm long x 1cm wide. Endsperm ruminate |
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