| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.5 m high, 1.2 cm thick; internodes 2-4 cm long, smooth, brown. Base with few visible roots. Leaves 13; sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 15 cm long, section round; rachis 37 cm long; lamina pinnate; 55 cm long, 24 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4-5 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 28 cm long, apical pinna 15 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 5 cm long, 2 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract missing; peduncle 9 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 11 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 12, 10-13 cm long. Flowers sunken. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 760, subunit no. 18, outside transect |
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