Specimen detail:

   

Collector

Balslev, H.

Number

4352

Co-collectors

E. Asanza

Country

Ecuador

Department/Province

Napo

Locality and habitat

Rio Cuyabeno about 1 hour downstream from inlet of Rio Tarapui (at the last Siona-house). Tropical rain forest, temperarly inundated

Elevation

230 m

Date

27-7-1983

Coordinates

Field notes

Siona: "„ucua-‘nŽ". Spanish: "Chontilla" and "Chontilla blanca". A small solitary treelet. Trunk 2-3 cm in diam, to 3 m high. Crown of 4-5 leaves, with green sheaths. Inflorescences below the leaves or in the axils of the lowest 1-2 leaves, branches and fruits first green then strongly orange, fruits eventually turning black.

Determination

Chamaedorea pinnatifrons (Jacq.) Oerst.

Determined by

B. Bergmann/1989

Herbaria

AAU