| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3.3 m long, 2 cm wide; internodes 7 cm long, >stem diameter, green/brown, smooth. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, open, with 3 cm long, black spines; petiole 28 cm long, section round, with 3 cm long, black spines; rachis 100 cm long; lamina pinnate, 120 cm long, 60 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 18 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2-3; basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 36 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 19 cm long, 2 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 33 cm long, brown, woody, inserted 12 cm from base; peduncle 30 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 14 per rachis, 8-16 cm long. Fruits globose 0.13x0.13 cm, black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 441, subunit no. 54, inside transect |
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