| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 129 cm tall, 2 cm in diameter, smooth, green; base with roots, about 15, to 10 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter. Leaves 4; leaf sheath closed, 28 cm long; petiole 30 cm long; rachis 58 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 6 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 29 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar, green; prophyll 4 cm long, papery; peduncular bract 21 cm long, inserted 2,5 cm from base; peduncle 25 cm long; rachis 10 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 14, 15-23 cm long. HB transect no. 378, subunit no. 9. |