| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 1m, 1-1.5 cm diam, light brown; internodes1 cm at base, 2-3 cm above. Leaves 9, erect and arching; sheath open to base, 6 cm long; petiole 18 cm, rounded below, flat above, green; rachis 12-14 cm; blade entire, triangular in outline, deeply bifid at apex, each half ending in a 3 cm long tip, blade 30 x 20 cm, veins 14 per side, pronounced. Infructescence interfoliar, erect, spicate; prophyll 10 x 7 cm, brown, fibrous; peduncular bract inserted 3 cm above prophyll, 20 cm long, green below, brown and fibrous above; peduncle 46 cm, 3 mm diam, green; spike 15 x 0.5 cm, dark red; immature fruits yellow on lower side, green on upper side, 8 x 7 mm, pointed at apex. |