| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 130 cm long, 8 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 2 cm long; Number of leaves 13; leaf sheath 18 cm long, open; petiole 37 cm long, margined; rachis 84 cm long; lamina entire, 124 cm long, 43 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 26 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 8 cm from the base; peduncle 41 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, red; spike 44 cm long, 1 cm wide, red. Fruits globose, black. HB transect 388, outside subunit 2. |