| Field notes | Solitary palm, 1.5 m tall. Stem 20 cm long, 5 cm in diam, brown, rough, base with numerous adventitious roots. Leaves 13; sheath and petiole 71 cm long; rachis 90 cm long; pinnae 24 per side, regularly distributed, in one plane, basal 23 x 3.2 cm, middle pinnae 19 x 2.5 cm, apical pinnae 16.5 x 4.8 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, spicate; peduncle 17 cm long, green, with 1 prophyll and 1 bract; spike 15.5 cm long, 0.7 cm in diam, green. Infructescence infrafoliar. Fruits green, glabrous 0.9 x 0.8 cm in diam. |