| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m tall, 1 cm in diameter, smooth, green; internodes 15 cm long. Leaves 4; leaf sheath 12 cm long, closed; petiole 14 cm long; rachis 21 cm long; lamina pinnate, flat; pinnae 6 per side, inserted in groups of 1-3, basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 22 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 31 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, green; rachis 4 cm long, 0.4 cm thick, green; rachillae 5, 3.5-7 cm long, orange. Fruits ellipsoid, orange. HB transect no. 397, subunit 94. |