| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3.05 m high, 0.5-1 cm thick, smooth. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 8 cm long, open; petiole 19 cm long, section margined; rachis 30 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 50 cm long, 19 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 3 cm long, inserted at base, brown, papery; peduncle 4.5 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 4.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 7 per rachis, 21-31 cm. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 415, subunit no. 70, inside transect |