| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2-3 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 2-5 cm long, grey-green, smooth. Base of stem without visible roots. Leaves 6-7 per stem; sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 55 cm long, section round; rachis 47 cm long; lamina pinnate, 75 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 15 per side, insertion regular; middle pinna 38 cm long, apical pinna 27 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 8 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, orange; rachis 10 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, orange; rachillae 11, 11-20 cm long. Fruits green, black when mature, 0.9 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. The specimen measured was large, other specimens in the population about half the size. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 751, from transect |