| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.65 m high, 2.5 cm thick; internodes 2.5 cm long, green, smooth, base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 14 per stem; sheath 19.5 cm long and closed; petiole 44 cm long and margined; rachis 57 cm long; lamina pinnate, 74 cm long and 40 cm wide; pinnae 3-4 per side, insertion regular; basal pinnae 40 cm long, middle pinnae 38 cm long, apical pinnae 30 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 8.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide; rachillae 7 per side, 21-23 cm long. Fruits 0.5x0.5 cm, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 1, outside transect |