| Field notes | Colonial midstory palm. Stem 370 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, smooth with spines. Leaves 9; leaf sheath closed, 54 cm long; petiole 55 cm long; rachis 230 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 28 per side, inserted in groups of 1-4, basal pinna 75 cm long, middle pinna 79 cm long, apical pinna 62 cm long; sheath, petiole an rachis with yellow, flattened spines. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 39 cm long, brown with yellow spines; peduncle 45 cm long, 2 cm wide, green with spines; rachis 10 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, green; rachillae 25, to 22 cm long, green. Fruits globose, green. HB transect no. 377, outside subunit 75. |