Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Ñuflo de Chávez Prov.

• Locality

  7 km S of Yaguaru on road to Ascencion de los Guarayos

• Coordinates

  -15.5, -63.08

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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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 S of Yaguarú on road		to Ascención de
los Guarayos.			
Deciduous woodland	rich in	Orbignya. ca. 15°30’S 63°05	
Data for this collection (fruits marked "F7"			):
Recently cut down	tree in .	area being cleared	for cattle
pasture.			
Fruit dimensions:	length	breadth	weight
(10 random fruits)	94.0	64.0	154.0
	95.0	66.0	160.0
	96.0	64.0	158.0
	88.0	67.0	,’80.0
	97.0	67.0	162.0
	86.0	52.0	106.0
	94.0	65.0	162.0
	87.0	62.0	138.0
	91.0	67.0	168.0
	87.0	65.0	148.0
mean:	91.50	63.90	153.60
30 fruits sent to CENARGEN in Brasilia for field trials
f, fruits held at NY for study.
Collected by M.J.G. Hopkins, L.E. Forero, H. Phipps III,
<5 N. Hernandez.	4 August 1983