| Field notes | Colonial understory palm, to 2 m tall. Number of leaves 10; sheath open, 12 cm long; petiole 44 cm long; rachis 54 cm long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 10, inserted in groups of 2-3, in one single plane, basal pinna 21 cm long, middle pinna 24 cm long, apical pinna 38 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 12 cm long, 1,5 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown; peduncle 16 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, rachis absent; rachillae 2, 6 cm long. Fruits ellipsoid, purple. Fruits collected from several individuals in the population. HB transect no. 363, outside subunit no. 1 |