| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.3 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 3 cm long, brown, smooth. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, closed; petiole 35 cm long, section round; rachis 15 cm long; lamina entire, 50 cm long, 16 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, 1 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 15 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 15 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; spike 5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide. Flowers green, sessile. Fruits orange, 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm wide. Transect: HB 755, from transect |