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Collector Baker, W.J.
Number 1110
Collected with et al.
Country Papua New Guinea
Subpart Gulf
County  
Locality Kikori District. TFI logging concession near Morere village, 20 km NE of Kikori. Hill forest on limestone plateau
Coordinates 7° 18' 45.4'' S 144° 23' 31.4'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 130
Maximum elevation (m) 130
Start date 2000/11/24
End date 2000/11/24
Family Arecaceae
Identification Cyrtostachys
Determined by W.J.Baker
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Massive solitary tree palm to c. 30 m. Stem diameter 16 cm. Crown with 8 leaves, leaves with rachis arching towards the tip and leaflets pendulous. Crownshaft 175 cm long x 22 cm wide. Sheath 122 cm, pale yellowish green with minute purple scales. Leaf 390 cm including 13 cm petiole. Leaflets 91 each side of rachis, arranged regularly. Inflorescence 135 cm long, 15 primary branches, proximal pair strongly recurving, largest 113 cm long. Fruit ripe, 1 cm long, ellipsoid, with thin black pericarp, endosperm homogeneous. Locally common

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