| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulecent. Roots few visible. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 54 cm long; rachis 28 cm long; lamina pinnate, 39x30 cm, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 19 cm long, middle pinna 19 cm long, apical pinna 17 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 21 cm long, inserted at base, brown, papery; peduncle 84 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; spike 13 cm long, 1 cm wide. Fruits globose, 0.7x0.7 cm, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 411, subunit no. 99, inside transect |