| Field notes | Understory palm. Roots 150, 50cm long, 0.4cm thick. Stem 8m long, 2.5cm thick. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 33cm, closed; petiole 41cm, round, green; rachis 60cm; lamina 74 x 68cm; pinnae 6 per side, basal 17cm, middle 30cm, apical 17cm. Prophyll 17cm long; peduncular bracts 2, 26cm long, brown; peduncle 42cm long, 0.8cm thick; rachis 14cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 28, 20cm long, 0.4cm thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB341-SU75. |