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Collector Blicher-Mathiesen, U.
Number 62617
Collected with Klitgaard, B. B.
Country Ecuador
Subpart MANABI
County  
Locality Suma-Pedernales rd. km 22, Hacienda El Pedregal. Pasture.
Coordinates 0° 10' S 79° 38' W
Minimum elevation (m) 400
Maximum elevation (m) 400
Start date 1987/12/22
End date 1987/12/22
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea colenda (O. F. Cook)H. Balslev & A. Henderson
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Field notes Solitary. Stem 16,23 m, columnar, erect, gray, diam. 63 cm. Leaves 26, erect, arching; sheath + petiole 297 cm x 100 cm x 24 cm, rounded below, brown, channeled above, glabrouse, brown, margins sharp, fibrous; rachis 680 cm, 13 cm wide, 8 cm cross, channeled above, with a prominent ridge, rounded below, tapering towards apex; pinnae 146, basal pinnae 115 x 1 cm. middle pinnae 183 x 7 cm, apical pinnae 84 x 0,2 cm. Infructescences 3 ( half of the fruits ( afkasted) + 1 young + 1 decaying); prophyll 114 x 45 cm. The younger: 640 rachillae, each rachillae with 16-23 fruits.

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