| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stem 6 m high, 6 cm thick; internodes 15-20 cm long, brown, fissured. Base of stem with root cone. Crownshaft 60 cm long. Leaves 7; sheath 65 cm long, closed; petiole 50 cm long, section margined; rachis 380 cm long; lamina pinnate, 400 cm long, 180 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 49 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 90 cm long, middle pinna 85 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract inserted 5 cm from base; peduncle 7 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, rachis 18 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide; rachillae 65, 60 cm long. Flowers sessile. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 750, subunit no. 100, outside transect |