| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 120 cm tall, 0.8 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, smooth, green/orange. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 11 cm long, open; petiole 31 cm long, section round; rachis 31 cm long; lamina entire, 62 cm long, 70 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 32 cm long, middle pinna 36 cm long, apical pinna 36 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 5 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; spike 18 cm long, red. Fruits black, 0.9 cm long, 0.6 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken Transect: HB 777, subunit no. 78, inside transect |