Bactris horrida

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Read about Bactris horrida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Bactris horrida, Oerst. Cespitose sts. 6-8 ft. high, 8-9 in. diam., very spiny, sheathed for most of its length with bases of dead Lvs.; spines 3-4 in. long, 4-sided, whitish tomentose, at length glabrous: Lvs. 2⅓-3 ft. long; sheath 8 in., brown-tomentose; petiole 1½ ft., densely spiny, subtetragonal, densely brown-tomentose beneath; segms. 7 in. long, ½ in. wide, lanceolate, rigid, glaucous. Unlike all the above in having a hairy but not spiny spathe. Nicaragua.


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