Collector	Pedersen, H.B.
Number	97623
Co-collectors
Country	Ecuador
Department/Province	Cotopaxi
Locality and habitat	Union del Toachi - San Francisco de Las Pampas road, near km 28. Disturbed forest
Elevation	1600 m
Date	21-10-1990
Coordinates	0 26 S - 78 57 W
Field notes	Solitary understory palm. Stem green glabrous and bamboo-like, 204 cm tall, dbh. 1.5 cm, with short stilt roots at the base. 3 leaves with sigmoid pinnae. 3 unusually large infrafoliar inflorescences and infructescences, oldest infructescence orange-coloured with mature globular fruits. Vernacular name: Molimillo (spanish). The lower part of the stem with stilt roots still attached is used as a whisk. Informants: Ces‡r Tap’a and family.
Determination	Chamaedorea pinnatifrons (Jacq.) Oerst.
Determined by	H. Balslev/1999
Herbaria	AAU