| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 2.5 m high, 3 cm thick; internodes 5-7 cm long, dark green, smooth. Stilt roots 10, 20-60 cm long, 1 cm thick, with 0.1 cm long spines. Crownshaft 25 cm long. Leaves 7; sheath 30 cm long, closed; petiole 18 cm long, section round; rachis 80 cm long; lamina pinnate, 100 cm long, 80 cm wide, flat, hairy; pinnae 7 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 18 cm long, middle pinna 48 cm long, apical pinna 21 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 33 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 40 cm long, 1.1 cm wide; rachis 8 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachillae 16, 12-20 cm long. Fruits green 0.8 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 744, subunit no. 45 |