| Field notes | Solitary palm, 3.5 m tall. Stem 2 m long, diam 1 cm, green with brown nodes, bamboo-like; internodes 5.5 cm long. Leaves 9; sheath 34 cm long; petiole 42 cm long; rachis 42 cm long; pinnae 3 per side, regularly distributed, basal pinnae 35 X 7.7 cm, middle pinnae 40 X 10 cm, apical pinnae 32 X 8.5 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 12.5 cm long, inserted at the base of the peduncle; bract 4 cm long, inserted 2.7 cm above the base of the peduncle; peduncle 12.5 cm long; spike 24 cm long, diam. 0.8 cm, green. |