| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 60 cm long, 3 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 10; sheath closed, 29 cm long; petiole 84 cm long; rachis 60 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 13, inserted in groups of 1-3, basal pinna 40 cm long, middle pinna 33 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 16 cm long, inserted 7 cm from base, brown, with brown spines; peduncle 13 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, green; rachis 0 cm long; rachillae 2, 5-6 cm long. Fruits green. HB transect no. 373, subunit no. 37 |