| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stem 7 m high, 3 cm thick; internodes 6 cm long, grey, fissured. Leaves 4; sheath 15 cm long, open, with 6 cm long brown spines; petiole 80 cm long, section margined, with 9 cm long brown spines; rachis 70 cm long, with 7 cm long brown spines; lamina pinnate, 58 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 22+, irregularly inserted in groups of 3-4; basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 28 cm long, apical pinna 13 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, woody, with 2.5 cm long black spines; peduncular bract 38 cm long, inserted 12 cm from base, brown, herbaceous, with 0.8 cm long brown spines; peduncle 17 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, with 0.3 cm long black spines; rachis 10 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachillae 22, 7-10 cm long. Fruits green, 1.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 777, from transect |
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