| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.3 m high, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 3 cm long, brown, smooth. Leaves 15 per stem; sheath 16 cm long, closed; petiole 75 cm long, section round; rachis 13 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 45 cm long, 26 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 6 cm long, 1.1 cm wide, white, herbaceous; peduncular bract 16 cm long, inserted 13 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 23 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; spike 5.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Flowers sessile. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 751, subunit no. 9, inside transect |