| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 120 cm high, 0.5 cm thick; internodes 3 cm, > stem diameter, smooth. Leaves 4-6 per stem; sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 15 cm long, section round; rachis 41 cm long; lamina pinnate, 59 cm long, 35 wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 23 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 26 cm long. Inflorescence/infructescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 8.5 cm long, inserted 0.3 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 7.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 12.5 cm long, 1 cm wide. Flowers cream, pedicilate. Fruits 0.7 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, green to black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 439, subunit no. 5, inside transect |