| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2.2 m long, 3.5 cm thick, smooth; internodes 5 cm long, grey; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 20 cm long, with 4 cm long black spines; petiole 45 cm long, with 5 cm long black spines; rachis 140 cm long, with 3.5 cm long black spines; lamina pinnate, 160 cm long, 40 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 22 per side; basal pinna 17 cm long, middle pinna 24 cm long, apical pinna 23 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 25 cm long, 2 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 120 cm long, brown, woody, with 3 cm long brown spines; peduncle 100 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 20 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 32, 2.5-6.5 cm long. Flowers pedicellate, cream. Transect HB157, subunit no. 001, inside transect; UTM: 19L-572536-8334788 |
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