| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 1.2 m long, 2 cm thick, smooth; internodes 1.5 cm long, yellow-green. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 25 cm long, section round; rachis 47 cm long; lamina pinnate, 65 cm long, 40 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 7 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 25 cm long, apical pinna 25 cm long. Inflorescence: prophyll 2.5 cm long, papery; peduncular bracts 4, to 35 cm long, herbaceous, green; peduncle 65 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 7 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 11, 15-25 cm long. Flowers sessile, cream. Fruits light green. Transect HB149, subunit no. 089, inside transect; UTM: 20K-454165-8020744 |