| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 0.8 m high, 0.7 cm thick; internodes 5 cm long, smooth, black, covered by leaf bases. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 5; sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 10 cm long, section round; rachis 18 cm long; lamina entire, 45 cm long, 33 cm wide, flat, hairy. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 6 cm long, herbaceous; peduncular bract 7 cm long, inserted 1 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 3.5 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachis 0.1 cm long; rachillae 3, 2-3 cm long. Flowers sessile. Fruits green, spinulose, 0.6 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 747, to transect |