| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 1.5 m high, 1.5 cm thick; internodes 5-10 cm long, brown, smooth. Leaves 5-6 per stem; sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 13 cm long, section margined; rachis 43 cm long; lamina pinnate, 70 cm long, 30 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3-4 per side, irregularly inserted; basal pinna 40 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 32 cm long, 2 cm wide, herbaceous to woody, furrowed; peduncular bract 33 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 43 cm long, 1 cm wide, orange; rachis 8 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 6, 15-30 cm long. Fruits green to black, 1.5 cm long, 1 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 751, from transect |