| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 418 cm tall, 12 cm in diameter, rough. Leaves 9; leaf sheath+petiole more than 135 cm long; rachis 495 cm long, sheath, petiole and rachis with black spines; lamina pinnate; pinnae 100 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 72 cm long, middle pinna 123 cm long, apical pinna 49 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll more than 45 cm long, 9 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 59 cm long, inserted 79 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 99 cm long, 3 cm thick, green; rachis 16 cm long, 3 cm thick; rachillae 110. Fruits ellipsoid, green with black spines. HB transect no. 401, along road to transect. |