| Field notes | Colonial midstory palm. Stem 2.5 m high, 1.5 cm thick; internodes 12 cm long, brown, smooth. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, open; petiole 55 cm long, margined, with 2 cm long, black spines; rachis 99 cm long; lamina pinnate, 110 cm long, 70 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 35 per side; basal pinnae 27 cm long, middle pinna 38 cm long, apical pinna 17 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 21+ cm long, brown, with 1 cm long black spines; peduncle 14+ cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 6 cm long, 1 cm wide. Fruits 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 57, inside transect |