| Field notes | Multiple trunks. Leaf 10 ft. Long, +petiole & sheath (petiole 16, sheath 16 in.); leaflets dark-green, shiny above, silvery, shiny below, pointed but split in two for a short distance at tip; base leaflet 28 x 3/4 in. Mid leaflet 25x11/4 in.; tip leaflet 7 x 1/2 in. inflor. 55 in. long, 16 opd. branches + 11 simple brs. at tip; fls. yellow, alone or 1 female between 2 male; fr. nearly ripe, green turning yellow, pulp very thin |