| Field notes | Solitary - stem 4 m tall, 3.5 cm thick, green, smooth, internodes 9 -11 cm below the crownshaft. Crown of 4 spreading leaves; sheath 64 cm long, closed for 43 cm, green, smooth; petiole 5 cm long, rounded below, clearly channelled above; rachis 140 cm long, rounded below, angled above; pinnae 17 per side, slightly channelled, arranged in V along the rachis, evenly distributed but not opposite; basal pinna 47 x 5 cm; middle pinna 51 x 12 cm; apical pinna 33 x 7 cm. Inflorescence buds 2 -4 per node. |