| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m long, 0.8 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 3.5 cm long. Number of leaves 4; leaf sheath 9 cm long, open; petiole 11 cm long, margined; rachis 38 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 3 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 19 cm long, middle pinna 26 cm long, apical pinna 28 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 6.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncle 3.5 cm long; 0.6 cm wide, yellow; spike 12.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, yellow. HB transect 403, subunit 90. |