| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.3 m high, 1 cm thick. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, open, with 3 cm long black spines; petiole 80 cm long, section round; rachis 27 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2-3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 39 cm long, apical pinna 41 cm long. Infrutescence infrafoliar; peduncle 18 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long. Fruits 1.8 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, black. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 738, subunit no. 16, inside transect |