| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Acaulecent. Roots few visible. Leaves 19 per stem; sheath 50 cm long, open, with 1 cm long, black spines; petiole 200 cm long, section round; rachis 183 cm long; lamina pinnate, 240 cm long, 100 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 17 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 1-3. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 14.5 cm long, 2 cm wide, with 0.3 cm long, black spines; rachis 6 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 20+ per rachis, 4-5 cm long. Fruits globose, 1.2x1.2 cm, orange, with minute black spines. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 421, subunit no. 21, inside transect |