| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 3 m, 5 cm diam., light brown; internodes 6 cm. Leaves 23, inserted on the upper 1 m of the stem, erect; sheath 30 cm, fibrous at the margins; petiole 100 - 115 cm, rounded below, flattened above, green; rachis 130 cm, with a pronounced ridge above, rounded below, green; pinnae 9 - 11 per side, 1 - 10 veined, irregularly inserted, basal pinnae 40 X 4 cm, middle pinnae 75 X 15 cm, apical pinnae 68 X 15 cm. Inflorescence bud interfoliar; prophyll 30 X 7 cm, fibrous; peduncular bract 29 X 6 cm, fibrously decaying (not collected). Inflorescence interfoliar, up to three times branched; prophyll not seen; peduncular bract not seen, inserted 8 cm above the prophyll; peduncle 26 cm, 3 cm wide, flattened, twisted; rachis 44 cm; 1. order rachillae ca. 18, the lower 34 cm, with up to 10 2. order rachillae, lower 2. order rachillae 8 X 0.5 cm, with up to four 3. order rachillae, apical 1. order rachillae unbranched, all rachillae red; fruits globose, 0.5 cm diam. Dupl. 6: AAU, QCA, QCNE |
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