| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 7 m tall, 7 cm diam. at base, 5 cm diam. at apex, green, smooth, conspicously ringed by leafscars. Leaves 5; sheaths green, smooth, closed, forming a 85 cm long crownshaft; petiole 70-80 cm long, rachis 190-210 cm long, both green, smooth; pinnae 17 per side, regularly inserted, subequal, in one plane, middle pinnae 70 x 15 cm. Infructescences infrafoliar, 1 or 2 per node. Mature fruits red, 28 x 25 mm. Dupl.: AAU, QCA, QCNE, COL, NY. |