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Collector Eiserhardt, W.L.
Number 199
Collected with W.J. Baker, D. Pedersen, L. Rajaovelona, Hermann Francesco Randriamahafehy, Anselme Kintsy, Jianah Linda Sharone
Country Madagascar
Subpart Alanjirofo
County  
Locality Kalalao forest, entered from cascade
Coordinates 16° 55' 13.7'' S 49° 52' 22.8'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 35
Maximum elevation (m) 35
Start date 2024/05/15
End date 2024/05/15
Family Arecaceae
Identification Ravenea lakatra (Jum.)Beentje
Determined by W.L. Eiserhardt, W.J. Baker
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Field notes Solitary tree palm, stem ca. 4 m x 20 cm, covered in persistent sheaths. Leaves ca. 6 m long, slightly arching, pinnate, petiole 2 m, pinae 93-94 per side, grass green with "plastic-like" texture, mostly in 1 plane byt ascending basally, tips somewhat drooping. Female individual, inflorescence interfoliar, solitary, branched to 1 order, >190 cm long, peduncle ca. 120 cm x 8 cm (at base), two large bracts of ca. 150 cm x 15 cm, ca. 100 first-order branches, pale yellow, peduncle and bracts with whitish-red indumentum. DNA sample at AAU. Duplicates at TAN, K

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