| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 18 m tall. Diameter 18 cm. Leaves in crown11. Leaf base 11 cm long. Petiole 1 m long. Leaf rachis 2.6 m long with 60 x 2 leaflets. Leaf base brownish powdery. Young leaf petioles and rachillae with white powder. Prophyll woodish, persistent, pendent and 2.25 m long. Inflorescence: Peduncle 95 cm, rachis 72 cm. Number of first order branches 29. Branches only divided to second order. Inflorescence green covered with brown powder on peduncle and rachis. Lowest first order branch 25 cm long. Infructescence green coverd with brown powder. Immature fruits green, globose 2 cm in diam.. Local name: "Bu-lowe" (Lababia dialect) Additional material: photos (AAU) Duplicates at: AAU, BRI, K. CAN |