| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Liana. Stem smooth, 0.5 cm thick. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 8 cm long, closed, with 0.5 cm long black spines; petiole 4 cm long, section margined, with 3 mm long black spines; rachis 55 cm long, with 3 mm long black spines; lamina pinnate, 28 cm long, 20 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 5 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 9 cm long, middle pinna 14 cm long, apical pinna 11 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 6 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, papery, with 1 cm long brown spines; peduncular bract 15 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, brown, papery, with 2 mm long brown spines; peduncle 26 cm long, 0.2 cm wide, with 2 mm long brown spines; rachis 16 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 5 per rachis, 1-2 cm long. Fruits green, 2 cm long, 1 cm wide. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 466, subunit no. 32, inside transect |
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