| Field notes | Cespitose midstory palm. Stem 5 m tall, 10 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 19.5 cm long. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 70 cm long, closed, forming a 70 cm long crownshaft; petiole 19 cm long, margined; rachis 287 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 79 per side, inserted in groups of 1-4, basal pinna 65 cm long, middle pinna 90 cm long, apical pinna 16 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 28 cm long, 5 cm wide, woody; peduncle 9 cm long, 4.2 cm wide, cream; rachis 8 cm long, 3 cm wide, cream; rachillae 74, 58-88 cm long, cream. Flowers cream. HB transect no. 384, subunit no. 27. |