| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2 m tall, 0.8 cm in diameter, smooth. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 12 cm long, closed; petiole 37 cm long, margined, sheath and petiole with black spines to 5 cm long; rachis 11 cm long; lamina entire 28x38 cm, apex bifid, or irregularly pinnate; pinnae to 5 per side, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 26 cm long, 37 cm long. Sterile. HB transect no. 396, subunit 48. |