| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stem 7.40 m high, 4 cm thick; internodes 5 cm long, > stem diameter, brown, smooth. Base of stem with ca. 30 visible roots, 8-10 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, with 0.2 cm long spines. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 43 cm, open, with 3-5 cm long brown spines; petiole 37 cm long, section round, with 0.2 cm long brown spines; rachis 167 cm long, with 0.2 cm long green spines; lamina pinnate, 156 cm long, 73 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 22 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 42 cm long, middle pinna 35 cm long, apical pinna 28 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 3 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 25 cm long, brown, woody, with 0.3 cm long brown spines; peduncle 30 cm long, 2 cm wide; rachis 18 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 10 per rachis, 8-15 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 471, subunit no. 7, inside transect |
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