| Field notes | Understory palm. Stem subterranean, 15 cm long: Leaves 8; leaf sheath 9 cm long, open; petiole 13 cm long, margined; rachis 56 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 3 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 37 cm long, middle pinna 36 cm long, apical pinna 37.5 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, 2 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 1 cm from base; peduncle 78 cm long, 0.9 cm wide, green; spike 19 cm long, 2 cm wide, green. Flowers white. HB transect no. 382, subunit no. 19. |