| Field notes | Solitary tree on terra firme slope. Adventitous roots few, base of trunk though moderately cone shaped. Stem 450 cm long, 6.5 cm (basally) to 5.5 cm (distally) wide, internodes +/- obscure basally to very short (0.5-1.5 cm) distally, lightbrown. Leaves 17 (+1 sword); leafbase 14 cm long, 14 cm wide at the base, smooth, yellow-green, margins fibrous; petiole 122 cm long, 2.8 cm (basally) to 1.8 cm (distally) wide, rounded below, flattened above, green, smooth: rachis 157 cm long. Blade 190 cm long, 85 cm wide, flat, obovate, apex bifid; pinnae 2 x 9, insertion reduplicate and in one plane, (67 x 4) cm basally, (78 x 10) cm in the middle, (51 x 11) cm at apex, striated, shining darkgreen above, lightgreen below. Inflorescences 4, interfoliar, borne at the bases of older leaves, prophyll persistent, 52 cm long, 3 cm wide basally, 5 cm wide in the middle, fibrous or actually disintegrating into fibers; peduncular bract 50 cm long, fibrous at the prophyll. NV: Ah-casta-yah-hai-chi (Cayapa). |
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