| Field notes | Understory palm. Roots 50, 20cm long, 0.5cm thick; crownshaft 17 cm long. Stem 2m long, 1.5cm thick. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 17cm, closed; petiole 15cm, round, brown; rachis 45cm; lamina 50 x 40cm; pinnae 6 per side, basal 14cm, middle 25cm, apical 11cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 18cm long; peduncular bract 23cm long, soft, green; peduncle 25cm long, 0.5cm wide, smooth; rachis 4cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 7, 13cm long, 0.3cm thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB350-SU18. |