| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 70 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 1 cm long; Number of leaves 13; leaf sheath 23 cm long, open; petiole 50 cm long, margined; rachis 88 cm long; lamina entire, 115 cm long, 42 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 36 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract more than 32 cm long, brown; peduncle 47 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, red; spike 46 cm long, 1 cm wide, red. Fruits globose, black. HB transect 388, subunit 10. |