| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 1.8 m high, 3 cm thick; internodes 1 cm long, smooth, light brown. Roots 50, 5-10 cm long, 0.3 cm thick, forming a root cone. Leaves 16 per stem; sheath 16 cm long, open; petiole 8 cm long, section margined; rachis 110 cm long; lamina pinnate, 140 cm long, 60 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3-5 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 70 cm long, middle pinna 57 cm long, apical pinna 50 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, brown; peduncular bract 13 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 30 cm long, 1.1 cm wide; rachis 10 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachillae 8, 10-15 cm long. Flowers white, sunken. Fruits green, 1.4 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 760, from transect |