| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 58 cm high, 25 cm thick; internodes 4-7 cm long, < stem diameter, brown, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 14 per stem; sheath 46 cm long, open, with 4.5 cm long, black spines; petiole 166 cm long, section round, with 2 cm long, brown spines; rachis 336 cm long, with 2.5 cm long, light brown spines; lamina pinnate, 378 cm long, 175 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 83 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 87 cm long, middle pinna 98 cm long, apical pinna 37 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 54 cm long, 9 cm wide, woody, with 0.7 cm long, black spines; peduncular bract 52 cm long, inserted 77 cm from base, brown, woody, with 0.5-3 cm long, black/light brown spines; peduncle 99 cm long, 4 cm wide; rachis 24 cm long, 1.6 cm wide. Fruits brown, 5 cm long, 3 cm wide, with 0.2 cm long brown spines. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 424, subunit no. 1, inside transect |
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