| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem aerial; internodes 5-7 cm long, > stem diameter, black, smooth. Base of stem without visible roots. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 13 cm long, closed, with 1 cm long black spines; petiole 20 cm long, section round, with 2 cm long black spines; rachis 48 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 19 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 26 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 6-14; basal pinna 7 cm long, middle pinna 14 cm long, apical pinna 6 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 28 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, thin woody, with 1 cm long black spines; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachis 1 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 2, 6-9 cm long. Fruits purple, 1.2 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 744, subunit no. 32, inside transect |
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