| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 30 cm long, 2 cm thick, brown, covered by leaf bases; internodes 4 cm long. Leaves 4; sheath open; petiole 85 cm long, section round, with brown spines to 3 cm long; rachis 84 cm long, with brown spines to 4 cm long; lamina pinnate, 108 cm long, 65 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae per side 12, regularly inserted; basal pinna 34 cm long, middle pinna 28 cm long, apical pinna 31 cm long. Infructescence: peduncular bract 16 cm long, brown, woody, with brown spines to 1 cm long; peduncle 9 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 6 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Fruits 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, green. Local name: Marayas. Informant: Rodolfo Noza. Transect HB128, SU 087; UTM 20K-232799-8171831, in transect |