| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Acaulescent. Leaves 25; leaf sheath more than 30 cm long, open; petiole 28 cm long, margined; rachis 340-440 cm long; lamina pinnate, pinnae 90 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 42 cm long, middle pinna 70 cm long, apical pinna 15 cm long. Inflorescence male, interfoliar; prophyll more than 30 cm long, 11 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract more than 50 cm long, inserted more than 6 cm above the base, brown; peduncle more than 35 cm long, 5.5 cm wide; spike 63 cm long, 8 cm wide. Flowers cream, sessile. HB transect 388, to transect. |