Field notes | Cespitose, erect or ascending, understory palm. Stem 2m long, 2cm thick. Leaves 13 per stem; sheath 10cm, open; petiole 32cm, margined, green; rachis 50cm; lamina 70 x 24cm; pinnae 3 per side, basal 38cm, middle 43cm long, apical 38cm. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 5cm long; peduncular bract 3cm long, soft, hairy, green, inserted 1cm from base; peduncle 6cm long, 0.5cm thick; rachis 3cm long, branched to 2nd order; rachillae 15, 7cm long, 0.2 thick. Transect HB350-SU50. |