| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 53 cm long, 2 cm in diameter covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 12; sheath closed, 15 cm long; petiole 32 cm long; rachis 52 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 8, inserted in groups of 1-3, basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 32 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long; petiole and rachis with yellow-brown spines, darkest at base and apex. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 13 cm long, 1.9 cm wide; peduncular bract 17 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown; peduncle 19 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, green; rachis 0 cm long; rachillae 2, to 7 cm long. Fruits very small, green. HB transect no. 373, subunit no. 24 |