| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 1 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 6-10 cm long, green, smooth. Visible roots 15, 5-10 cm long, 0.3 cm thick. Leaves 6; sheath 20 cm long, closed; petiole 30 cm long, section round; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate, 75 cm long, 50 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4-6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 25 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 40 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bracts 6, 5-8 cm long, inserted 0.5-8 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 12 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 9, 6-11 cm long. Flowers yellow-green, sessile. Fruits black, 1.2 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 761, subunit no. 33, inside transect |
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