| Field notes | Stem 30-40 cm; sheath 19 cm; petiole 70 cm; rachis 62 cm; blade 82x47 cm; pinnae 9 per side, spreading in one plane, filamentous, entire margins spiny. Spines on petiole to 7 cm, flattened, yellowish-dark. Peduncular bract 34 cm, w. few spines, to 6 cm; prophyll 14 cm; peduncle 22 cm; rachis 3 mm, at least 4 rachillae, to 2 mm diam.; fruit nearly spherical, obscurely rostrate; fibrous hard endocarp; relatively dry mesocarp, maybe juice sacs; hard endosperm |