| Field notes | Caespitose palm with 2 stems to 230 cm long. Diam. 1.2 cm. Lenght of internode 7 cm. Stem green to brown glabrous, bamboo-like. No of leaves 8 + 1 juvenile. 1 infructescence infrafoliar. 1 inflorescence subtended by basal leaf. Infructescence: Peduncle 7 cm. long. Spike 15 cm. long. Peduncle and spike red. Fruits green globular 0.8 cm. in diam. Dubl.: AAU, QCA, QCNE. |