| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 50 cm long, 1.8 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 9; sheath closed, 15.5 cm long; petiole 51 cm long; rachis 44 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 8, irregularly inserted, basal pinna 29.5 cm long, middle pinna 35 cm long, apical pinna 26 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 11.5 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 15 cm long, inserted 15 cm from base, brown, with brown spines; peduncle 11 cm long, 0.5 cm thick; rachillae 2,5 cm long. Fruits green. HB transect no. 367, subunit no. 47 |