| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, smooth. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 25 cm long, closed, with 2 cm long spines; petiole 80 cm long, brown, furfuraceous, section round; rachis 105 cm long; lamina pinnate, 125 cm long, 80 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 7-9 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 1-2; basal pinna 42 cm long, middle pinna 43 cm long, apical pinna 42 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 13 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, brown/red, herbaceous to woody; peduncular bract 30 cm long, inserted 6 cm from base, brown, woody, with 2 cm long brown spines; peduncle 25 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 8, 6-7 cm long. Fruits green. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 750, subunit no. 53, outside transect |
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