| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.5 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 6-10 cm long, black, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, open, with to 3 cm long black spines; petiole 20 cm long, section round, with to 10 cm long black spines; rachis 67 cm long; lamina pinnate, 100 cm long, 70 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 5-7 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 37 cm long, middle pinna 42 cm long, apical pinna 63 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 16 cm long, 1.6 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 37 cm long, inserted 2 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 25 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 4 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 7, 7-11 cm long. Fruits green, 1.5 cm long, 1.8 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 762, subunit no. 54, inside transect |
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