| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3.30 m high, 3 cm thick; internodes 10 cm, > stem diameter, smooth. Leaves 13 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, open; petiole 33 cm long section margined; rachis 54 cm long; lamina pinnate, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 64 cm long, middle pinna 64 cm long, apical pinna 60 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 4 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 8 cm long, inserted 1.5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 11 cm long, 1.3 cm wide; rachis 17 cm long, 1.3 cm wide; rachillae 16 per rachis 16, 10-20 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 439, subunit no. 71, inside transect |