| Field notes | Solitary tree, 9.1 m tall as measured to crownshaft, 18 cm in diam., leaf scars only conspicuous below crownshaft, here 2.5-3 cm wide, distal internodes about 7 cm long, glabrous, olive green. Leaves in crown 10 (+ one spear leaf). Leaf sheath tubular, 130 cm long, glabrous, olive green. Petiole short to missing. Rachis 3.40 m long, number of pinnae 2 x 86, pendulous. One inflorescence past male anthesis. One infructescence with immature green fruits. One infructescence with mature black fruits. Inflorescence past male anthesis: peduncle absent to very short. Rachis 50 cm long, number of 1. order branches 17, length of basal one 39 cm as measured to the base of the apical rachillae, number of 2. order branches on the basal 1. order branch 11, the basal one being 10 cm long and carrying 4 3. order branches, main inflorescence branches rounded to angled, glabrous, finely pubescent, yellowish green, pistillate buds green. Infructescence with mature fruits: more or less the same size as the inflorescence described above. Pedicels orange inside when broken. Fruit elliptic to bullet shaped 8 x 4-5 mm, calyx persistent, olive green to black, endosperm homogeneous. Additional material: pickled fruits (AAU) Duplicates at: AAU, LAE, BRI, K, CANB. |
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