| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 4 m high, 2.3 cm thick; internodes 5-10 cm long, smooth, brown. Leaves 6-7 per stem; sheath 25 cm long, with to 5 cm long black spines; petiole 95 cm long, section round, with to 4 cm long black spines; rachis 93 cm long, with to 1 cm long black spines; lamina pinnate, 127 cm long, 100 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 16 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 60 cm long, middle pinna 54 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract 22 cm long, 1 cm wide, inserted 3 cm from base, brown, herbaceous, with 1 cm long black spines; peduncle 15 cm long, 1 cm wide, with 3 cm long black spines; rachis 5.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 8, 7-11 cm long. Fruits orange, 1.2 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 752, subunit no. 54, inside transect |
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