| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1 m high, 0.7 cm thick; internodes 4-5 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth, brown. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 8 cm long, closed; petiole 10 cm long, section round; rachis 18 cm long; lamina pinnate, 23 cm long, 13 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 2-3 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 12 cm long, apical pinna 11 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 3 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, papery; peduncle 2 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; spike 6 cm long, 0.4 cm wide. Fruits green, 0.7 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 758, subunit no. 24, inside transect |