| Field notes | Solitary. Stem to 4 m tall, 3 cm in diam, light brown, clearly ringed, with nodes 2 - 4 cm apart. Crown of 10 spreading leaves; sheath and petiole 40 - 50 cm long, open to base, rounded below, flat above with sharp margins between the two surfaces. Rachis 142 cm, rounded below, flat above, at base, 10 pinnae per side with varying number of primary nerves ( 10 - 7 - 4 - 8 - 2 - 7 - 6 - 1 - 24). Inflorescence infrafoliar, brownviolet, 3 x branched. Peduncle 34 cm, 2 cm wide at top, dorsiventrally flattened. Rachis 48 cm. Rachillae 20, basal rachillae longest, to 52 cm long. Duplicates: AAU, QCA, COL. Dupl. 3. |