| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 88 cm long, 0.9 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 6.5 cm long. Number of leaves 8; leaf sheath 8 cm long, closed; petiole 11 cm long, margined; rachis 18 cm long; lamina pinnate, 27 cm long, 12 cm wide; pinnae 2-3 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane. Infructescence: peduncle 5 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, red; spike 9.5 cm long, 0.7 cm thick, red. Fruits green. HB transect 405, subunit 79. |