| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 2.5 m high, 9 cm thick; internodes 1 cm long, < stem diameter, green-brown-gray, smooth. Leaves 15 per stem; sheath 30 cm long, open; petiole 170 cm long, section margined; lamina palmate, 130 cm long, 160 cm wide, glabrous; number of segments 13, inserted in groups of 4-5; basal segment 76 cm long, middle segment 86 cm long, apical segment 90 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 40+ cm long, 2 cm wide; rachis 40 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; rachillae 80-100 per rachis, 9-20 cm long. Fruits green, globose 1.7x1.7 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 414, subunit no. 1, outside transect |