| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Sterile. Stem 52 cm long, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 3.5-4 cm long, > stem diameter, green, smooth. Roots few visible. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, closed; petiole 15 cm long, section round; rachis 20 cm long; lamina pinnate, 38 cm long, 28 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 16 cm long, apical pinna 21 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 423, subunit no. 86, inside transect |