| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 0.6 m high, 3 cm thick, prostrate; internodes 1 cm long, brown, smooth. Visible roots 50, 5-20 cm long, 0.2 cm wide. Leaves 10; sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 70 cm long, section round; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate, 65 cm long, 46 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3-4 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 34 cm long, middle pinna 33 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 25 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 67 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; spike 22 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Flowers white, sunken. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 745, subunit no. 11, inside transect |
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