| Field notes | Caespitose palm, 168 cm tall. Stem 36 cm long, diam 1.4 - 1.8 cm, glabrous, green to brown; internodes 8. Leaves 9 + one juvenile; sheath 19 cm long, encircling the stem for 14 cm; petiole 9.5 cm long; rachis 44 cm long; pinnae 2 - 3 per side, of uneven size. Infructescence infrafoliar, inserted one node below the lower leaf; prophyll and peduncular bracts deciduous; peduncle 5 cm long; rachis 4.5 cm long, green; rachillae 15, to 10 cm long. Fruits green, oblique-ellipsoid. |