| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 422 cm tall, 10 cm in diameter, fissured, base of stem with numerous roots to 20 cm long, 1 cm thick. Leaves 5; leaf sheath more than 23 cm long cm, closed; petiole 30 cm long, margined; rachis 265 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 93 per side, inserted in groups of 1-4, basal pinna 39 cm long, middle pinna 75 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll more than 45 cm long, 5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract more than 95 cm long, woody, brown; peduncle 50 cm long, 2 cm thick, green; rachis 37 cm long, 1.9 cm thick, green; rachillae 42, 22-45 cm long. HB transect no. 390, subunit 98 |