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Collector Baker, W.J.
Number 1101
Collected with R. Banka, K. King, O. Gebia & A. Ona
Country Papua New Guinea
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Locality Papua New Guinea Gulf. Kikori District. Kopi-Kikori road, 10 km NW of Kikori. Lowland swamp forest on limestone
Coordinates 7° 20' 16.7'' S 144° 12' 9.4'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 40
Maximum elevation (m) 40
Start date 2000/11/21
End date 2000/11/21
Family Arecaceae
Identification Calyptrocalyx
Determined by W.J. Baker
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Field notes Moderately robust solitary tree palm to c.8m. Stem 9cm diam. Internode 16cm. Crown with 18 leaves. Crownshaft poorly defined, 150cm long x 20cm wide. Sheath 75cm long. Leaf 290cm long, including 40cm petiole. Leaflets 30 each side of rachis, arranged regularly to subregularly. Inflorescence 2m long, composed of 3 similar unbranched axes within a single prophyll, peduncle of each axis 110cm long, axes 2cm diam, with easily detached rust-coloured indumentum. Prophyll 55cm long x 10cm wide, space within prophyll divided by one or two thin partitions which separate the bases of the inflorescence axes. Peduncular bract 80cm long, inserted near base of peduncle of each inflorescence axis.

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