| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 0.4 m high, 4 cm thick; internodes 1 cm long, rough, brown. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 10; sheath 8 cm long, open; petiole 75 cm long, section round to margined; rachis 57 cm long; lamina pinnate, 75 cm long, 56 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae regularly inserted; basal pinna 27 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 28 cm long. Inflorescence green with flower buds; infructescence wine red, interfoliar; prophyll 23 cm long, 1 cm wide, brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract 32 cm long, inserted 3 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 43 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; spike 34 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Flower buds sunken. Fruits green, 0.7 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 768, subunit no. 66, outside transect |
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