| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 80 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 1 cm long; base with numerous roots, to 5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; Number of leaves 17; leaf sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 36 cm long, margined; rachis 84 cm long; lamina entire or pinnate, 119 cm long, 42 cm wide; number of pinnae per side 1-5, irregularly inserted in one single plane. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 47 cm long, 2 cm wide; peduncular bract 46 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown; peduncle 58 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, red; spike 56 cm long, 1 cm wide, green. HB transect 382, subunit 21. |