| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 2-3 cm long, smooth, green/brown. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 15 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 60 cm long, section round; rachis 47 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 32 cm wide, a little bushy, glabrous; pinnae 5-6 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 26 cm long, apical pinna 24 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 10 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, brown/green; peduncular bract 10 cm long, 4 cm wide, inserted 1 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 8 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 7, 4-7 cm long. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 760, subunit no. 54, inside transect |