| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 60 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, smooth, cream colored; internodes 1 cm long. Leaves 13; sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 68 cm long, section margined; rachis 55 cm long; lamina pinnate, 80 cm long, 65 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae per side 3, regularly inserted; basal pinna 45 cm long, middle pinna 50 cm long, apical pinna 45 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll papery; peduncular bract papery, brown, peduncle 35 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Flowers sessile, cream colored. Fruits 0.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, green. Transect HB135, SU 014; UTM 20K-187989-8184803, in transect |