| Field notes | Solitary palm. Roots 200, 20cm long, 0.2cm thick. Stem 3.5m long, 5cm thick; spines 3cm long, black. Leaves 12 per stem; sheath 20cm, open; petiole 75cm, round, red; rachis 209cm; lamina 229 x 95cm; pinnae 46 per side, basal 21cm, middle 53cm, apical 20cm. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 39cm long, woody, inserted at the base; peduncle 20cm long, 2cm thick; rachis 11cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 200, 14cm long, 0.1cm thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB340-SU82. |