| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2.2 m high, 1.3 cm thick; internodes 1-2 cm long, > stem diameter, brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 13 cm long, open; petiole 60 cm long, section round; rachis 33 cm long; lamina pinnate, 50 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat; pinnae 3, insertion regular; basal pinna 27 cm long, middle pinna 33 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 4 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 6 cm long, inserted 2 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 6 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachillae 4, 30-32 cm long. Flowers sunken. Fruits green, 6 cm long, 6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 742, subunit no. 11, inside transect |