| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.2 m high, 1.2 cm thick; internodes 2.5 cm long, green, smooth; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 15 cm long, open; petiole 28 cm long, section margined; rachis 36 cm long; lamina pinnate, 60 cm long, 35 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 30 cm long, middle pinna 33 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 5.5 cm long, 2.4 cm wide, papery; peduncle 7 cm long, 0.9 cm wide; rachis 7.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 10 per rachis, 7-19 cm long. Fruits green, 0.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 1, outside transect |