| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem prostrate, rooting, 79 cm long, 4.5 cm thick; internodes 1-1.5 cm long, < stem diameter, smooth, green-brown. Leaves 14 per stem; sheath 24.5 cm long, open; petiole 71 cm long; rachis 107 cm long; lamina pinnate, 133 cm long, 41 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side; basal pinna 51 cm long, middle pinna 51 cm long, apical pinna 31 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 25 cm long, 3 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 21 cm long, inserted 13.5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 82 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; spike 14 cm long, 1 cm wide. Fruits black, 1.8 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 437, subunit no. 13, inside transect |
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