| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.3 m high, 1.5 cm thick; internodes 1 cm long. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 15 cm long, closed, with 5 cm long black spines; petiole 35 cm long, section round, with 5 cm long spines; rachis 70 cm long; lamina pinnate, 85 cm long, 40 cm wide, flat, hairy; pinnae 11 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 25 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 14 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, woody, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; peduncle 18 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 1 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 4, 4-5 cm long. Fruits green, 1.5 cm long, 1.8 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 745, subunit no. 84, inside transect |
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