| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulecent. Roots few visible. Leaves 12 per stem; sheath 21 cm long, open; petiole 34 cm long, section round; rachis 40 cm long; lamina pinnate, 49 cm long, 36 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 21.5 cm long, middle pinna 20 cm long, apical pinna 16 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9.5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 17 cm long, inserted at base, brown, papery; peduncle 56 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 19 cm long, 1 cm wide. Fruits 1 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, green becoming black. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 444, subunit no. 29, inside transect |