| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 1 m high, 0.5 cm thick; internodes 3-4 cm long, green, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 8.5 cm long, closed; petiole 16 cm long, section round; rachis 16 cm long; lamina entire, 28 cm long, 17 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 1.5 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncle 3.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, spike 2.5 cm long. Fruits orange, 0.7 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 749, subunit no. 48, inside transect |