| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2 m long, 1 cm thick, smooth, green; internodes 3 cm long. Leaves 6; sheath 13 cm long, closed; petiole 8 cm long, section round; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate, glabrous; pinnae per side 6, regularly inserted. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 4 cm long, inserted 7 cm from the base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 30 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 5, 10-12 cm long. Flowers sessile, cream colored. Fruits 0.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, black. Transect HB128, SU 016; UTM 20K-232787-8171522, in transect |