| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 65 cm long, 1.5 cm thick; internodes 4-5 cm long, > stem diameter, green/brown, smooth. Roots few visible. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 9 cm long, open; petiole 17 cm long, section round; rachis 22 cm long; lamina pinnate, 33+ cm long, 40 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side. Inflorescence: prophyll 2.5 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, papery; peduncular bracts 3, 19 cm long, inserted 5.5 cm, 10.5 cm and 25 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 19 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachis 3.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 6 per rachis, 8.5-14 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 424, subunit no. 13, inside transect |