| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm with few visible roots. Stem 0.7 m tall, 0.8 cm thick, smooth, greenish cream; internodes 5 cm long. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 15 cm long, open; petiole 15 cm long, section round; rachis 31 cm long; lamina pinnate, 48 cm long, 30 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 25 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 10 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, papery, yellow; peduncle 8 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Fruits 0.5 x 0.5 cm, black. Transect HB140, subunit no. 030, inside transect; UTM: 20K-311063-8107965 |