| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 1 m tall, 1 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 7; leaf sheath 20 cm long, closed; petiole 58 cm long; rachis 71 cm long, sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines to 5 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 104 cm long, 16 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 16 cm long, brown; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, green; rachis 4 cm long, 0.2 cm thick, green unbranched. HB transect no. 394, subunit 23 |