| Field notes | Solitary; tall to 5 m high, stem 6 cm in diam., internodes 2-3 cm long; Leaves 16 in crown, marcescent, with 4 dead leaves, leaf 225 cm long, petiole 165 cm long, 23 segments; Inflorescences 3 in the tree, 90-170 cm long, 6-9 partials inflorescences, prophyll 16-29 cm long, Fruits very young, white colour. not recorded. Vernacular: Som. Dialect:Biak |