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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
Species AcRocoMiA PANAMENSIS Bai1ey
PlaceOfPublication Gent. Herb. 4:444. 1941.
Synonym Acrocomia vinifera Auth., non Oerst.
Description Variable in height, often fruiting on dry land when less than 2 m. tall but the tree eventually reaching 8 m., the bole at first densely clothed with spiniferous leaf-bases; crown of 10-15 leaves; petiole bearing black sharp spines 2-10 cm. long; pinnae 2-3 cm. broad, glossy and glabrous on upper surface but gray and puberulent underneath: -main or persistent cymba about 1 m. long, coarsely tomentose and somewhat spiny: fruit nearly or quite globular or somewhat flat- tened end-wise, about 3.5 cm. transverse diameter, covered with caducous floccules and crooked hairs, the mature fresh surface cream-colored with greenish tinge.
Distribution Panama: frequently remaining on properties when the land has been cleared.
Common Pacom
Specimen CANAL ZONE: Balboa, Allen 2213. PANAMA: near Panama City, Bailey 552; near Bella Vista, Panama City, Bartlett I6977. VERAGUAS: in groves near Ocii and Santiago, Allen.
 
 
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