Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Nuflo de Chavez Prov.

• Locality

  7 km north of El Puente on road from Santa Cruz to Ascencion de los Guarayos

• Coordinates

  -16.17, -62.97

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

[The New York
Botanical Garden
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New York Botanical Garden
Collections of fruits of Orbignya phalarata from Bolivia.
Collected with the financial support of the United States
Agency for International Development.
Fieldwork for potential domestication of Orbignya.
Locality: BOLIVIA, Department of Santa Cruz. Province of
Nuflo de Chaves. 7 km north of El Puente on road from
Santa Cruz to Ascencion de los Guarayos. Ca. 16°10'S 62°58’W
Data for this collection (fruits aarked "K5"):
9	male inflorescences, 9 female infIs.
Fruit dimensions:
(10 random fruits)
mean:
length	breadth	weight
104.0	74.0	314.0
107.0	74.0	228.0
101 .0	80.0	346.0
108.0	73.0	2-16.0
105.0	72.0	294.0
103.0	77.0	248.0
106.0	79.0	346.0
101 .0	72.0	216.0
103.0	67.0	220.0
104.0	73.0	282.0
104.20	74.10	274.00
40 fruits sent to CENAGEN in Brasilia for field trials
10	fruits held at NY for study.
extra fruits collected, held at NY.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, H. Phipps III,
&	N. Hernandez.	12 August 1983
Representative voucher collection: M.J.G. Hopkins et al 158
deposited at NY