| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 3 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 4-5 cm long. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 25 cm long, with 5 cm long spines; petiole 30 cm long, section round, with 5 cm long spines; rachis 10 cm long; lamina pinnate, 120 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 25 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 30 cm long, middle pinna 45 cm long, apical pinna 22 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, herbaceous to woody; peduncular bract 28 cm long, inserted 6 cm from base, herbaceous, with 1 cm long brown spines; peduncle 22 cm long, 1 cm wide, with 0.4 cm long brown spines; spike 10 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Fruits purple, 3 cm long, 2 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 769, from transect |
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