| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 30 cm long, 3.5 cm thick; internodes 1-1.20 cm long, < stem diameter, smooth, brown. Base of stem with 28+ visible roots, 13+ cm long, 0.3 cm thick, with 0.1 cm long spines. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 20 cm long; petiole 70 cm long, section margined; rachis 62 cm long; lamina pinnate, 83 cm long, 56 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 44 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical 34 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 23 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 27 cm long, inserted 3 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 34 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachis 34 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Fruits globose, 0.6x0.6 cm, green/black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 442, subunit no. 39, inside transect |
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