| Field notes | Solitary palm. Stem 125 cm long, dbh. 1.5 cm; internodes 4 cm long, brown, partly covered by old leafsheaths, spineless. Leaves 12, inserted over 69 cm; leafsheath 26 cm long, outside with delicate, black spines, to 2.5 cm long; petiole 42.5 - 68 cm long, spineless; rachis 57 - 64 cm long; pinnae 6 - 8 per side, inserted in groups of 1-2-3-2- (counted base to apex), basal pinnae of each group pointing upwards with an angle of 45°, the apical pinnae of each group horizontal, basal pinna 28 X 3.5 cm, middle pinna 28 X 5 cm, apical pinna 28 X 1.5 cm. Inflorescences 2, interfoliar; prophyll bicarinate, 13 X 1.6 cm; bract 22 X 1.5 cm, covered by brown spines; peduncle 15 cm long; rachis 0.5 cm long; rachilla 5, 3 - 3.7 cm long. |
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