| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Liana. Stem 2 m long, 0.5 cm thick; internodes 14 cm long, >stem diameter, green, smooth, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 10-12 per stem; sheath 23 cm long, closed, with 0.2 cm long, black spines; petiole 7 cm long, section round, with 0.5 cm long, black spines; rachis 55 cm long, with 0.3 cm long, black spines; lamina pinnate, 40 cm long, 25 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 5 per side; basal pinna 15 cm long, middle pinna 14 cm long, apical pinna 12 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, papery, inserted 17 cm from base; peduncular bract 25 cm long, brown, woody, with 0.6 cm long brown spines, inserted 19+ cm from base; peduncle 32+ cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide; rachis 8.5 cm long, 0.1 cm wide; rachillae 11 per rachis, 3.5-5.5 cm. Fruits 1.1 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, orange-red. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 441, subunit no. 3, inside transect |
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