| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1 m tall, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 8-10 cm long, smooth, brown-green. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 3 per stem; sheath 10 cm long, open; petiole 12 cm long, section round; rachis 23 cm long, brown furfuraceous beneath; lamina entire, 35 cm long, 18 cm thick, flat, glabrous. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 1 cm wide, brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract missing; spike 14 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 762, to transect |