| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 4.40-6.46 m high, 2.5 cm thick; internodes 3.5-6 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 56 cm long, section margined; rachis 60 cm long; lamina pinnate, 105 cm long, 56 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2 per side; basal pinna 79 cm long, apical pinna 62 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 11.5 cm long, 4 cm wide; peduncular bract 12 cm long, inserted 0.5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 9 cm long, 1.3 cm wide; rachis 14.5 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 14 per rachis, 12-18 cm long. Fruits 1.8-1.2 cm, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 425, subunit no. 62, inside transect |