| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 7 m tall, 47 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 5 cm long. Leaves 16; leaf sheath open, more than 106 cm long; petiole 204 cm long; rachis 858 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 195 per side, inserted in groups of 2-5, basal pinna 110 cm long, middle pinna 138 cm long, apical pinna 54 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 250 cm long, woody, light brown; peduncle more than 119 cm long, 4.5 cm wide; rachis 139 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachillae 235, 25.5 to 28 cm long; peduncle, rachis and rachillae yellow. Flowers yellow/cream. HB transect no. 380, outside subunit no. 22 |