| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1 m tall, smooth. Leaf sheath 10 cm long, closed; petiole 22 cm long; rachis 15 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 6 per side, inserted in groups of 2, basal pinna 20 cm long, middle pinna 25 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long; peduncular bract 12 cm long, inserted 3.5 cm from base; peduncle 17 cm long, 0.3 cm thick, green; rachis 3 cm long, 0.2 cm thick, green; rachillae 9, 3-4 cm long, green. Flowers sessile, yellow. Fruits globular-ellipsoid, orange-green. HB transect no. 399, subunit 43. |