Attalea speciosa Mart.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Arecales

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • All Determinations

    Attalea speciosa Mart.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    Santa Cruz

  • County/Municipio

    José Miguel de Velasco Prov.

  • Locality

    ca. 111 km northwest of San Ignacio on road to Concepción.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 320 m. (1050 ft.)

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden	02688914
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
Velasco, ca. 111 km northwest of San Ignacio on road to
Concepcion. Ca. 320 m altitude.
Dry forest rich in Orbignya. Tallest trees about 15m.
Forest open with dense understory/ground cover.
Data for this collection (fruits narked "D1"):
4 male inflorescences, 3 female infIs.
Fruit dimensions:
(10 random fruits)
mean:
length	breadth	weight
90.0	61 .0	133.0
96.0	64.0	122.0
96.0	60.0	126.0
95.0	56.0	112.0
94.0	58.0	112.0
92.0	57.0	106.0
89.0	62.0	108.0
91 .0	59.0	132.0
91 .0	63-0	144.0
93.0	55.0	110.0
92.70	59.50	121.00
30 fruits sent to CENARGEN in Brasilia for field trials
6 fruits held at NY for study.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, S. Beck, H. Phipps
III, N. Hernandez, & H. Wolf.	26 July 1983