| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2.05 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, brown, covered by leaf bases; internodes 3.8 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 6; leaf sheath 36 cm long, open, with 1-4 cm long brown spines; petiole 22 cm long, section round, with 1-6 cm long brown spines; rachis 96 cm long; lamina pinnate, 96 cm long, 42 cm wide, bushy; pinnae 19 per side, regularly inserted, basal pinna 32 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical pinna 23 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 42 cm long, inserted 20 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 21 cm long, 1.2 cm wide; rachis 2.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 13, 11-20 cm long. Fruits green, 3x3 cm. Transect 1039, subunit no. 80, outside transect |
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