| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 120 cm high, 1 cm thick; internodes 6 cm long, light brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 19 cm long, section round; rachis 39 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 46 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 21 cm long, middle pinna 24 cm long, apical pinna 22 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar, prophyll 8 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract absent; peduncle 9 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 24 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Fruits green, 0.5 cm long, 0.4 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 740, subunit no. 9, inside transect |
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