Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Nuflo de Chavez Prov.

• Locality

  3 km north of El Puente on road from Santa Cruz to Ascención de los Guarayos.

• Coordinates

  -16.17, -62.97

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

JL [The New York
Botanical Garden
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02688901
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. 3 km north of El Puente on road from
Santa Cruz to Ascención de los Guarayos. Ca. 16°10'S 62°58’W
Data for this collection (fruits narked "K4"):
6 male inflorescences, 4 female infIs.
Fruit dimensions: length	breadth	weight
(10 random fruits)
106.0	73.0	252.0
100.0	59.0	154.0
108.0	61.0	224.0
103.0	68.0	208.0
91.0	60.0	172.0
99.0	79.0	248.0
103.0	72.0	250.0
96.0	63.0	166.0
88.0	64.0	176.0
105.0	62.0	186.0
mean: 99.90	66.10	203.60
40 fruits sent to CENARGEN in Brasilia for field trials
10 fruits held at NY for study.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, H. Phipps III,
& N. Hernandez.	12 August 1983