| Field notes | Terrestial; internodes short, 1.5 cm diam.; cataphylls deciduous; petioles thicker than broad, narrowly and sharply flattened adaxially; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, slightly glossier and slightly paler below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above; primary lateral veins sunken above, narrowly raised and slightly paler below; spathe green, spreading-reflexed, tinged purple on back; spadix dark green, tinged with purple, semiglossy, faint pink lower third, medium pink middle third, greyish pink upper third; berries early emergent, green, ovoid, mottled dark violet purple. |