| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.5 m high, 2.5 cm thick; internodes 10 cm long, light brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 14; sheath 20 cm long, open; petiole 24 cm long, section margined; rachis 70 cm long; lamina pinnate, 115 cm long, 50 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2-3 per side, irregularly inserted; basal pinna 75 cm long, middle pinna 70 cm long, apical pinna 74 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 4 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 13 cm long, inserted 2 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 26 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 9 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachillae 10, 8-13 cm long. Fruits green, 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 739, subunit no. 88, inside transect |
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