| Field notes | Solitary. Stem to 8 m, 6 cm diam. at base, 4 cm diam. apically, green, basal internodes 18 cm, apical internodes 3 cm. Leaves 6; sheath forming a crownsahft, 45 cm, green, lower leafsheath 80 cm, bending away from the stem for 35 cm; petiole 15 cm, rounded below, channelled above; rachis 200 cm, rounded below, ridged above; pinnae 30 per side, sigmoid, lower erect, upper horizontal, basal pinnae 41 x 3 cm, middle pinnae 79 x 6 cm, apical pinnae 48 x 6 cm. Inflorescence infrafoliar, once branched; prophyll 6 cm, 2 cm wide; peduncular bracts 4. Infructescences 4, infrafoliar, 1 per node, once branched; peduncle 10 cm, 1 -1.5 cm wide, cream; rachis 8 cm, green; rachillae 13, lower 15 cm, upper 10 cm, each with up to 20 fruits; fruits green, globose, 1.2 cm diam. |
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