| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2.5m long, 3cm thick; spines, 2cm long, black. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 44cm, closed; petiole 58cm, round, brown; rachis 185cm; lamina 207 x 98cm; pinnae 42 per side, basal 43cm, middle 56cm, apical 26cm. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 17cm long, 3.5 wide; peduncular bract 33cm long, woody, green with spines, inserted at the base; peduncle 18cm long, 2cm thick; rachis 13cm long, 3cm thick, unbranched. Transect HB348-way in. |