| Field notes | Understory palm, cespitose with 4 stems. Stems to 2 m long, 1.5 cm in diameter; internodes 3.5 cm long. Number of leaves 7; leaf sheath open, 15 cm long; petiole 26 cm long; rachis 48 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 9, inserted in groups of 2-3, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 17 cm long, apical pinna 15 cm long; sheath and petiole with yellow, flattened spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 10 cm long, 1 cm thick; peduncular bract 13 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 12 cm long, 0.3 cm in diameter; rachis 2 cm long; rachillae 5, 5 cm long. Fruits black, globose. HB transect no. 362, subunit no. 34 |