| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 2.5 cm thick; internodes 5-6 cm long, brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 12 per stem; sheath 20 cm long, closed; petiole 75 cm long, section round, margined at base; lamina palmate, 67 cm long, 110 cm wide, flat; segments 2 per side, 67 cm long, insertion regular. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, brown, herbaceous; peduncular bracts 10, 8-10 cm long, green, herbaceous; peduncle 105 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 5 cm long; rachillae 2, 9-20 cm long. Fruits scaly, red/orange, 2.5 cm long, 1.7 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 762, to transect |