| Field notes | Solitary. Stem procumbent or bending, to 1 m, 1-1.5 cm diam; internodes 1 cm, green. Leaves 6, young leaves erect, older ones arching; sheath 7 cm, open to base, margins slightly fibrous, old sheaths often persistent after leaf-fall; petiole 44-48 cm, 0.5 cm diam, green, rounded below, flat above; rachis 27-30 cm; pinnae 3-6 per side. Inflorescence infra to interfoliar, once branched; prophyll 13-19 cm, 1 cm wide at base, chartaceous, persistent; peduncular bract 13-18 cm, inserted 8-10.5 cm above prophyll, chartaceous, persistent; peduncle 28 cm; rachis 2 cm; rachillae 4, to 15 cm long, 0.3 cm diam. |