| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 100 cm long, 2.3 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 3 cm long. Number of leaves 10; leaf sheath more than 21 cm long, closed, spiny; petiole 55 cm long, spiny; rachis 136 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae per side 16, inserted in groups of 1-2, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 32 cm long, apical pinna 27 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll more than 14 cm long, 2 cm wide; peduncular bract 38 cm long, inserted more than 2 cm from base, woody, brown, spiny; peduncle 24 cm long, 0.6 cm long; rachis 3.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 11, 9-10 cm long. HB transect 389, outside subunit 37. |