| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 210 cm high, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 2-4 cm long, brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 14 cm long, closed; petiole 20 cm long, section round, with 2 cm long brown spines; rachis 50 cm long, without spines; lamina pinnate, 60 cm long, 22 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 26 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 5-13; basal pinna 7 cm long, middle pinna 13 cm long, apical pinna 8 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 25 cm long, inserted 3 cm from base, brown, papery, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; peduncle 19 cm long, 0.1 cm wide, with 0.4 cm long black spines; rachis 0.5 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 2, 3-5 cm long. Fruits green, 1 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 740, subunit no. 29, inside transect |
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