| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 207 cm long, 1.5 wide; internodes 4-5.5 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth, green/brown. Base of stem with more than 10 visible roots, 7 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, with 0.1 cm long spines. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 25 cm long, closed; petiole 21.5 cm, section round; rachis 45 cm long; lamina pinnate, 62 cm long, 45 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side; basal pinna 12 cm long, middle pinna 31 cm long, apical pinna 16 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 14 cm long, 2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bracts 32 cm long, inserted 5, 11.5, 17, 23 and 29 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 37 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 6 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 10 per rachis, 6-14 cm long. Fruits 1.8 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, red. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 437, subunit no. 25, outside transect |
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