| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 5 - 80 cm long, 1.5 - 2 cm in diam, conspicuously ringed, internodes ca. 0.5 cm long, yellow brown, smooth. Crown of 8 erect leaves; sheath open to the base, sheath and peduncle 70 cm long, the base rounded below and flat above, the top round in cross section, blade 50 x 30 cm with 2 x 3 pinnae of unequal size, sigmoid. Inflorescence interfoliar, unbranched erect and bending away from the leaves, blood red colour, prophyll ligth brown 13 x 1 cm, penducle 13 cm long, rounded; rachis with flowers, not producing rachillae, 16 X 1 cm, blood red. |