| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2.8 m long, 3.5 cm diam, smooth; internodes 3 cm long, yellow; base of stem with few visible roots. Number of leaves 9; leaf sheath 30 cm long, open; petiole 50 cm long, section margined; rachis 94 cm long; lamina pinnate, 120 cm long, 70 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 15 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 38 cm long, middle pinna 58 cm long, apical pinna 38 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncle 23 cm long, 1.8 cm wide; rachis 16 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachillae 4, 17-25 cm long. Flowers sessile, cream. Transect HB154, subunit no. 013, inside transect; UTM: 19L-560928-8343385 |