| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 107 cm long, 2 cm thick; internodes 9 cm long, >stem diameter, smooth, brown; base of stem with 16+ visible roots, 17 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 27 cm long, closed; petiole 18 cm long, section margined; rachis 62 cm long; lamina pinnate, 91 cm long, 64 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 50 cm long, middle pinna 52 cm long, apical pinna 37 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 8.7 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 10 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachillae 22 per rachis, 24-26 cm long. Fruits 0.9 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 446, subunit no. 28, inside transect |