| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Roots 40, 10cm long, 0.5cm thick. Stem 1.5m long, 4.5cm thick. Leaves 12 per stem; sheath 18cm, open; petiole 75cm, margined, brown; rachis 83cm; lamina 92 x 28cm; pinnae 3 per side, basal 32cm, middle 27cm, apical 18cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 12cm long, 2.5cm wide; peduncular bract 23cm, soft, brown, inserted 0cm from base; peduncle 83cm long, 0.6cm thick, smooth, green; rachis 23cm long, unbranched; flowers sunken. Transect HB333-SU82. |