| Field notes | Colonial midstory palm. Stem 2 m tall, 2.5 cm in diameter; internodes 6 cm long, with spines. Number of leaves 5; sheath 35 cm long, closed; petiole 59 cm long, rounded; rachis 144 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 46 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 32 cm long, middle pinna 43 cm long, apical pinna 23 cm long; sheath petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 20 cm long, 1.8 cm wide; peduncular bract 35 cm long, inserted 2 cm from base, brown with brown spines; peduncle 27 cm long, 1 cm wide, with brown spines; rachis absent; rachillae 1, 8 cm long. HB transect no. 385, outside subunit 22 |