| Field notes | A solitary tree. The base with an inverted cone, 150 cm high of innumerable adventitious roots; each root black, spiny, to 5 cm in diameter and branching. The trunk about 15 m long, 15 cm in diam basally, 13 cm below the crown; brown, smooth, with 10 cm long internodes below the crown; cross-section with an outer extremely hard layer and a spongy, pink pith. The crown of 4 leaves on a 120 cm long crownshaft. Leaves with 120 cm long, closed sheaths; petiole 40 cm long, channeled near the base, round near the blade; blade 380 x 220 cm with 20 pinnae on each side, each pinnae divided and fanshaped, with the base twisted on the rachis so the leaves becomes 3-dimensional. Inflorescences of varying ages inserted below the crown, the one at the 8th node horn-like (enclosed in the spathes) and 220 cm long; The one at the 9th internodes expanded, peduncle 44 cm long with 7 scars, rachis 30 cm long with 28 branches that bifurcates immediately and hang down, the longest branch 140 cm long, the whole expanded inflorescence light yellow. Fruits collected from different individuals. Uses: No information available. |
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