| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 54 cm long, 2 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheaths. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 14 cm long, petiole 31 cm long; rachis 39 cm long, sheath, petiole and rachis with spines; lamina pinnate, flat, hairy; pinnae 18 per side, inserted in groups of 1-7, basal pinna 18 cm long, middle pinna 13 cm long, apical 8 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 5 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 8 cm long, brown with black spines; peduncle 8 cm long; rachis absent; rachillae 2, 4.5 cm long. Fruits globose, orange. HB transect no. 403, subunit 86 |