| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 160 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf bases: internodes 6 cm long. Number of leaves 7; sheath 42 cm long, closed; petiole 70 cm long; rachis 95 cm long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 19, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 47 cm, middle pinna 46 cm, apical pinna 25 cm; sheath and petiole with black, slightly flattened spines to 6 cm long. HB transect 403, subunit 11. |