| Field notes | Leaves 4-5 per stem; sheath 38 cm long, open, with 1 cm long black spines; petiole 19 cm long, section round, with 10 cm long spines; rachis 56 cm long; lamina pinnate, flat; pinnae 5-6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 46 cm long, 4 cm wide, middle pinna 45 cm long, 4 cm wide, apical pinna 47 cm long, 14 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; rachillae 5. Fruits green, 2.5 cm long, 2 cm wide. Local name: Chascarrá. No uses. Transect: HB 1053, subunit no. 34 |