| Field notes | Colonial midstory palm with 4 stems. Stems 2-3 m high, 3.5 cm thick. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 80 cm long, open; petiole 62 cm long, section round, with a thick light brown indumentum; rachis 165 cm long, with a brown indumentum and scattered spines; lamina pinnate; pinnae 22 per side, inserted in groups of 2-4; basal pinna 44 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, middle pinna 64 cm long, 7 cm wide, apical pinna 21 cm long, 6 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 35 cm long, brown, with 1.2 cm long dark brown spines; peduncle 15 cm long, with 0.5 cm long dark brown spines; rachis 6 cm long; rachillae 28, 17-22 cm long. Fruits green, obovoid. Transect: HB 1050 |