| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 4.5 m high, 1.8 cm thick; internodes 10 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth, brown/green. Visible roots 20, 8-12 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Crownshaft 20 cm long. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 18 cm long, closed; petiole 14 cm long, section round; rachis 45 cm long; lamina pinnate, 80 cm long, 50 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 5-7 per side, irregularly inserted; basal pinna 40 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical pinna 50 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 4 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 6 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 22, 8-12 cm long. Flowers cream, pedicilate. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 743, subunit no. 6, inside transect |
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