| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 150 cm tall, 1.9 cm in diameter, smooth, green; internodes 10 cm long; base with about 30 visible roots to 0.5 cm thick. Leaves 5; leaf sheath 14 cm long, closed; petiole 34 cm long; rachis 32 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 2-3 per side, irregularly inserted, basal pinna 17 cm long, middle pinna 20 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 24 cm long, 0.7 cm thick, yellow; rachis 4 cm long, 0.4 cm thick, yellow; rachillae 7, 23-23.5 cm long. Fruits green. HB transect no. 403, subunit no. 27. |