| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 15 m long, 24 cm thick, fissured; internodes 10 cm long. Leaves 16; sheath 80 cm long, open; petiole 50 cm long, section margined; rachis 6.6 m long; lamina pinnate, 6.7 m long, 1.8 m wide, glabrous; pinnae per side 489, regularly inserted; basal pinna 107 cm long, middle pinna 95 cm long, apical pinna 24 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 75 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 120 cm long, 4 cm wide; rachis 50 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachillae 18-28 cm long. Flowers cream colored. Fruits 8 cm long, 4 cm wide, brown. Local name: Matasú. Informant: Rodolfo Noza. Transect HB127, SU 001; UTM 20K-233990-8170631, in transect |