| Field notes | Cespitose canopy palm. Stem 16.6 m long, 14 cm in diameter, with spines; internodes 5 cm long. Leaf sheath 63 cm long, closed; petiole 52 cm long, margined; rachis 277 cm long, sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 139 per side, inserted in groups of 4-5, basal pinna 60 cm long, middle pinna 78 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 72 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, woody, brown with black spines; peduncle 21 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, green; rachis 20 cm long, 1.7 cm thick, green; rachillae 57, 27-30 cm long, green. HB transect no. 401, along road to transect. |