Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Nuflo de Chavez Prov.

• Locality

  15 km south of El Puente on road from Santa Cruz to Ascención de los Guarayos.

• Coordinates

  -16.58, -62.97

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

JL [The New York
Botanical Garden
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
III
02688903
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. 15 km south of El Puente on road from #
Santa Cruz to Ascención de los Guarayos. Ca. 16 35 S 62 58
Data for this collection (fruita narked "Li"):
13 male inflorescences, 2 female infIs.
Precocious tree, trunk to leaves only 3 m.
Inflorescences with strong male bais, much stronger than that
for local population.
Fruit dimensions: length
(10 random fruits) 113.0
105.0
110.0
103.0
107.0
103.0
108.0
112.0
107.0
1 15.0
mean: 108.30
breadth
69-0
71 .0
76.0
65.0
75.0
65.0
70.0
66.0
70.0
68.0
69.50
weight
284.0
264.0
262.0
190.0
318.0
254.0
242.0
228.0
210.0
226.0
247.80
40 fruits sent to CENARGEN in Brasilia for field trials
10 fruits held at NY for study.
12 extra fruits collected, held at NY.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, H. Phipps IXI' QR-z
& N. Hernandez.	August
Representative voucher collection: M.J.G.
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