| Field notes | Leafsheath and petiole 164 cm, rounded below, channeled above with a prominent ridge, 8.5 cm wide, 5 cm thick, margins sharp with up to 60 cm long fibers, glabrous, reddish brown; rachis 624 cm, tapering towards apex; pinnae 172 per side, reduplicate, opposite to subopposite, inserted evendistantly, basal pinnae 82 x 3 cm, middle pinnae 104 x 4 cm, apical pinnae 52 x 2.5 cm. Seedling with fruit collected inderneath a species said to be a variant with smaller fruits. |