| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stem 3.7 m tall, 3.5 cm in diameter; internodes 13 cm long, smooth, covered by fine brown hair; base with cone of 20 roots, 30 cm long, to 2 cm thick. Leaves 5; leaf sheath 42 cm long, closed, forming a 42 cm long crownshaft; petiole 51 cm long; rachis 59 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinna regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 38 cm long, apical pinna 26 cm long. Sterile. HB transect no. 403, subunit 62 |