| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2 m long, 6 cm thick, brown. Visible roots 12, 7 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, with 0.1 cm long spines. Crownshaft present, 40 cm long. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 84 cm long, closed; petiole 112 cm long, section round; rachis 124 cm long; lamina pinnate, 140 cm long, 73 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 38 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 34 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical pinna 15 cm long. Juvenile. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 448, subunit no. 50, inside transect |