| Field notes | Small treelet, stem branched from base, 2-3 m tall, 3 cm diam. Ligule 4 x 3 cm, with numerous lenticells; petiole 45-50 cm long, 8-9 mm in diam., green to orange-violet, glabrous; leaflets 10 per leaf; smallest leaflet 21-25 x 8-9 cm plus a 2.5 cm long acumen, with petiole 56 cm long, 3 mm diam.; largest leaflet 36-40 x 10-11 cm plus 1.5-2.5 cm long acumen, with petiole 11-12 cm long, 4 mm diam. Inflorescence terminal on shoots; main axis 8 cm long; branches 17, subtended by bracts to 5 cm long, branches 52 cm long, 6-7 mm diam. at base, green-violet, glabrous. Flowers in heads; peduncle 3-4 mm long, 2-3 mm diam.; flowerheads globose, 8-14 mm diam., axis of flowerhead 10 mm long, ± cylindrical; calyx obtriangular, 5 mm long, 4 mm wide, swollen, with a sparse, floccose, brown indument; styles 5 |
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