| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 115 cm tall, 1 cm in diameter; internodes 10 cm long, smooth; base with visible roots, to 25 cm long, to 0.5 cm thick. Leaves 6; leaf sheath 14 cm long, closed, forming a 14 cm long crownshaft; petiole 19 cm long; rachis 32 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 5 per side, more or less regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 14 cm long, middle pinna 22 cm long, apical pinna 16 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, brown; rachis 1 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, brown; rachillae 3, 7-8.5 cm long, brown. Fruits ellipsoid, orange. HB transect no. 405, subunit 75 |