| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m high; internodes 1 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth. Visible roots 30, 5-10 cm long, 0.3 cm thick. Crownshaft 18 cm long. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 16 cm long, section round; rachis 39 cm long; lamina pinnate, 77 cm long, 42 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2-3 per side, irregularly inserted; basal pinna 43 cm long, middle pinna 58 cm long, apical pinna 51 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 6 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide; rachis 7 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 14, 20-25 cm long. Flowers green, sessile to pedicilate. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 738, subunit no. 12, inside transect |
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