| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 80 cm high, 1 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long. Leaves 10-14; sheath 12 cm long, closed; petiole 4 cm long, section margined; rachis 40 cm long; lamina entire, 55 cm long, 11 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 5.5 cm long, inserted 3 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 12 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 3, 12-17 cm long. Flowers sunken. Fruits black, 0.7 cm long, 0.7 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 758, subunit no. 1, outside transect |