| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 150 cm tall, 2 cm in diameter, smooth, green; internodes 6.5 cm long; base with few visible roots to 5 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter. Leaves 4; leaf sheath 17 cm long, closed; petiole 27 cm long; rachis 52 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 5 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 29 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar, green; peduncular bract 10 cm long, inserted 6 cm from base; peduncle 16 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 8 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 14, 14-22 cm long. Flower buds green. HB transect no. 386, subunit no. 45. |