| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 78 cm long, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 4.5 cm long, > stem diameter, brown. Leaves 9 per stem; sheath 77 cm long, open; petiole 17 cm long, section round; rachis 26 cm long; lamina pinnate, 34 cm long, 27 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2 per side. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 6+ cm long, 0.9 cm wide; peduncular bract 4 cm long, inserted 0.5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 4 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 12.5 cm long, 0.7 cm wide. Flowers sessile. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 444, subunit no. 2, inside transect |