| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.8 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 2.5-3.5 cm long, brown/green, smooth. Leaves 15; sheath 8 cm long, open; petiole 28 cm long, section margined; rachis 37 cm long; lamina pinnate, 48 cm long, 22 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, irregularly inserted; basal pinna 21 cm long, middle pinna 21 cm long, apical pinna 25 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 6 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; peduncular bract inserted 3 cm from base; peduncle 9 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 7 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 9, 12-14 cm long. Flowers cream, sunken. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 745, subunit no. 29, inside transect |
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