| Locality | Prefecture Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Sub-prectureVavatenina, Ambinany Namantoana forest, ca. 10 km south-southwest of the village Manakambahiny 1, Buffer zone no. 10 for the Zahamena strict nature reserve (Réserve Naturelle Intégrale) and the Zahamena national park, protected area with controlled extraction of forest products, closed forest with undergrowth, steep slope. |
| Field notes | Large, solitary tree; trunc straight, unarmed; diameter near crown 17 cm; internodes 10 cm, green, leaf scars pale brown to white, 3 - 4 cm wide, clearly visible in upper parts of stem, obscure in lower parts; crown with 6 expanded leaves and 1 emerging, tristichous; crownshaft bulbous, 133 cm long, diameter 30 cm, green with scattered white-brown scales, bright orange-pink inside; petiole 26 cm long, green with scattered brown scales, adaxially channeled, abaxially round; rachis 456 cm long, green with scattered brown scales on both sides along whole length, adaxial side with two ridges and a central channel in basal parts, with a single central ridge distally, abaxially round; leaves pinnate, reduplicate, 165 pinnae on each side of rachis, arranged in groups of 3 - 4 pinnae, distance between pinnae within group 1 cm, distance betwen groups 10 cm, central pinnae 140 cm long; inflorescence infrafoliar, arching, branched to 3rd order (though only very few 3rd order branches), 15 1st order branches, branches 90 cm long, total inflorescence length 170 cm; peduncle 30 cm long; flowers with distinct "musty" smell; prophyl 60 cm long, 17 cm wide (emerging inflorescence), glabrous orange-pink outside, dark red inside (when old), several cm thick; uses: palm heart eaten; local name: Lafatoko or Tokoravina |
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