| Field notes | Understory palm. Stem 3.8 m long, 3.5 cm wide; internodes aprox. 10 cm long, green, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 35 cm long, closed; petiole aprox. 55 cm long, section round; rachis aprox. 142 cm long; lamina pinnate, 87 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 46 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 41 cm long, middle pinna 47 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 49 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery. Peduncular bract 17 cm long, inserted 1 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 29 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 24 cm long, 0.35 cm wide; rachillae 16, 15-20 cm long. Fruit 1.5 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 410, subunit no. 100, outside transect |