| Field notes | Cespitose. Acaulescent or stem to 35 cm, 2.5 cm diam, internodes 0.5 cm; leaves 7-8; sheath 10 cm, open to base; petiole 65 cm, rounded below, flat above, green; rachis 75 cm; pinnae 6-11 pr. side, lower pinnae 24 x 3.5 cm, middle pinnae 27 x 4 cm, apical pinnae 26 x 5 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 18 cm, 0.9 cm wide; peduncular bract 14 cm, inserted 4.5 cm above prophyll; peduncle 23 cm, 0.4 cm wide at base, flattened, red above, rachis 16 cm, 0.4 cm wide, red. Up to 3 inflorescence and 3 buds at same individual plant. Stem coverd with mud during flood. |
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