| Field notes | Multistemmed in loose clumps, individual shoots up to 2.5 m long, with up to 5 leaves. Leaf sheath green, splitting deeply in fibrous mesh; leaf petiole from 30 to150+ cm in old leaves; leaf rachis 25-45 cm long with 2 x 7 leaflets, grouped basally, otherwise solitary, sub-opposite and in one plane. Fruit green, rounded 0.6-0.7 cm in diam. Vernacular name: Tao (Thai). |