| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 150 cm high, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 2.5 cm long, brown, smooth. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 13 cm long, closed; petiole 12 cm long, section round; rachis 31 cm long; lamina pinnate, 40 cm long, 24 cm wide, flat, glabrous; basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinnae 18 cm long; apical pinnae 17 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 9 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; peduncle 6 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 12 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Fruits green, 3 cm long, 2 cm wide. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 1, outside transect |