| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 1.3 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 5-10 cm long, brown, covered by leaf bases. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, closed, with 10 cm long black spines; petiole 55 cm long, section round, with 10 cm long brown to black spines; rachis 80 cm long, + a 30 cm long ocrea on young leaves, brown furfuraceous; lamina pinnate, 105 cm long, 80 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 21-29 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 38 cm long, middle pinna 41 cm long, apical pinna 27 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 20 cm long, 2 cm wide, cream to brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract 23 cm long, inserted 9 cm from base, brown, woody, with 1 cm long brown spines, peduncle 22 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachilla 1, 9 cm long. Fruits green-purple, 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 761, subunit no. 33, inside transect |
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