| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 30 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 6; sheath closed, 15 cm long; petiole 64 cm long; rachis 24 cm long; lamina entire, 52 cm long, 22 cm wide; sheath, petiole and rachis with spines, yellow with dark apex and base. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 12 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown; peduncle 18.5 cm long, 0.5 cm thick; rachillae 2, 5 cm long; bract with black spines. Fruits green. HB transect no. 368, subunit no. 12 |