| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulescent; internodes < 1 cm, < stem diameter, rough. Base with few visible roots. Leaves 11; sheath 13 cm long, open; petiole 4 cm long, section margined; rachis 68 cm long; lamina entire, 99 cm long, 26 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; peduncular bract 35 cm long, inserted 6 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 63 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; spike 23 cm long, 1 cm wide. Fruits green, 0.7 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 770, subunit no. 56, outside transect |