| Field notes | Solitary palm; trunk 10.32 m long, 8 cm in diameter. 6 contemporaneous leaves. Leaf ragged (6 leaves sampled): 112-120 pairs of pinnae in groups of 2-6, in different directions, regularly disposed in one plane in the 30 cm toward the apex; sheath 41 cm long, 30 cm in diameter; petiole 0-5 cm; rachis 306-333 cm long; median pinna: 55-64.5 cm long x 2.9-3.5 cm wide. Inflorescence: 57 rachillae; 38.2-40.5 cm (m=39.6, r=0.8; n=10): base without flower 4.7-7.0 cm, median part with pistillate flowers 12.5-17.5 cm, apicalpart with staminate flowers 17.0-19.6 cm. Infructescence: 61 rachillae. Fruit blue-black when ripe. |