| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 6.5 m tall, 10 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 2 cm long. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 95 cm long, closed, forming a 95 cm long crownshaft; rachis 240 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 27 per side, regularly inserted, basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 93 cm long, apical pinna 28 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 2.8 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bracts 17 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, woody, brown; peduncle 12 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, green; rachis 15 cm long, unbranched. Male inflorescence 15x2 cm. Infructescence 20x5 cm. HB transect 389, outside subunit 53. |