| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 3.42 m high, 3.3 cm thick; internodes 1.5-11 cm long, brown/green, smooth. Leaves 13 per stem; sheath 27 cm long, closed; petiole 49 cm long, section margined; rachis 139 cm long; lamina pinnate, 174 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 7 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 63 cm long, middle pinna 69.5 cm long, apical pinna 59 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 19.4 cm long, 6.7 cm wide, woody. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 449, subunit no. 1, inside transect |