| Field notes | Solitary, canopy palm. Stem 8 m tall, 30 cm in diameter; internodes 5 cm long. Number of leaves to 20; leaf sheath open, about 120 cm long; petiole 0 cm long; rachis 8 m long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 175, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 75 cm long, middle pinna 100 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 240 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 140 cm long, 3 cm in diameter; rachis 56 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; rachillae 90, 19-22 cm long; peduncle, rachis and rachillae cream. Flowers sessile, cream. HB transect no. 369, outside subunit no. 51 |