Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Nuflo de Chavez Prov.

• Locality

  7 km S of Yaguarú on road to Ascención de los Guarayos.

• Coordinates

  -15.5, -63.08

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

A [The New York
Botanical Garden
copyright reserved
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 S of Yaguaru on road to Ascencion de
los Guarayos.
Deciduous woodland rich in Orbignya.	ca. 15°30'S 63°05 W
Data for this collection (fruits narked "F8"):			
Recently cut down	tree in area	being cleared	for cattle
pasture.			
Fruit dimensions:	length	breadth	weight
(10 random fruits)	84.0	55.0	106.0
	78.0	58.0	108.0
	85.0	59.0	106.0
	88.0	56.0	110.0
	87.0	56.0	92.0
	81 .0	52.0	86.0
	86.0	51 .0	100.0
	81 .0	57.0	112.0
	83.0	55.0	96.0
	84.0	54.0	102.0
mean:	83.70	55.30	101.80
40 fruits sent to CENARGEN in Brasilia for field trials
5	fruits held at NY for study.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, H. Phipps III,
6	N. Hernandez.	4 August 1983