| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 4-6 cm long, green-black, smooth. Visible roots 6, 10-20 cm long, 0.3 cm thick. Crownshaft 10 cm long. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 9 cm long, closed; petiole 12 cm long, section round; rachis 20 cm long; lamina pinnate, 25 cm long, 22 cm wide, flat, hairy; pinnae 4-5 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 8.5 cm long, middle pinna 13 cm long, apical pinna 9 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 5 cm long, 1 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bracts multiple, 5-7 cm long, inserted 2, 3, 5 and 7 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 15 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 4 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 6, 2-6 cm long. Fruits orange 1.2 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 753, subunit no. 15, inside transect |
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