spreading leaves,
pendulous panicles with ca. 100-150 rachillae,
yellow petals, and red fruits. Caryota monostachya is a small,
caespitose, understory species with thin stems, spicate inflorescences, and purple petals and fruits. No morphologically intermediate individuals were seen at this locality, /
suggesting that repeated backcrosses have erased any morphological evidence of hybridization.