| Field notes | Understory palm. Acaulecent. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 14 cm long, open; petiole 39 cm long; rachis 31 cm long; lamina pinnate, 40 cm long, 50 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2 per side, insertion regular; basal pinnae 30 cm long; apical pinnae 22 cm long. Inflorescence/infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 3 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 24 cm long, brown, papery; peduncle 59 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 16 cm long, 1.6 cm wide. Flowers cream, sunken. Fruits green, 0.5x0.5 cm. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 27, inside transect |