| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 80 cm high, 1.5 cm thick; internodes 7 cm long, yellow, smooth. Leaves 10; sheath 23 cm long, closed; petiole 23 cm long, section margined; rachis 53 cm long; lamina pinnate; 83 cm long, 40 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3-5 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 41 cm long, middle pinna 45 cm long, apical pinna 37 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 30 cm long, 2 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 38 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 5, 17-19 cm long. Flowers white, sunken. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 745, subunit no. 46, outside transect |
This record