| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 247 cm long, 4.5 cm thick; internodes 3-5 cm long, green, smooth. Base of stem with more than 26 visible roots, 6 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Crownshaft present. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 60 cm long, closed; petiole 20 cm long, section margined; rachis 156 cm long; lamina pinnate, 173 cm long, flat, glabrous; pinnae 39 per side, insertion regular. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncular bracts 16+ cm long, inserted 1.5, 3.2, 7, 13, 21.5, 30, 43 and 53 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 73 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 12 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 19 per rachis 16-22 cm long. Fruits 1.7 cm long, 0.9 cm wide, green/black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 440, subunit no. 61, inside transect |