| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stems 2 m tall, 2.5 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 6; leaf sheath 20-25 cm long, with dark brown spines to 10 cm long; petiole 35 cm long, with brown spines; rachis 130 cm long; lamina 140x80 cm, pinnate; number of pinnae per side 31, regularly or slightly irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 35 cm long, middle pinna 45 cm long, apical pinna 18 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 32 cm long, inserted 11 cm from base; peduncle 26 cm long; rachis absent; rachillae 1, 6 cm long. HB transect no. 383, subunit no. 91. |