| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 56 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 9; sheath closed, 19 cm long; petiole 38 cm long; rachis 48 cm long; lamina entire, 80 cm long, 29 cm wide; sheath, petiole and rachis with yellow spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 10 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, with brown spines; peduncle 16 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter; rachillae 2, 2.4 cm long. Fruits ellipsoid, purple. HB transect no. 368, subunit no. 29 |