| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 29 cm long, 5 cm in diameter, rough; internodes 1 cm long; base with about 20 visible roots, 20 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Number of leaves 11; leaf sheath 8 cm long, open; petiole 90 cm long; rachis 64 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 3-4 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 35 cm long, middle pinna 34 cm long, apical pinna 25 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 54 cm long, 1 cm thick, red; spike 16 cm long, 1.2 cm thick, orange-red. Fruits ellipsoid, brown. HB transect 403, subunit 29. |