| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Base with stilt roots. Stem 12 m long, 18 cm diam, smooth; internodes 21 cm long, grey. Crownshaft 1 m long. Leaves 4; leaf sheath closed; petiole 23 cm long, section margined; lamina pinnate, 286 cm long, 204 cm wide; pinnae 37 per side, inserted in groups of 11; basal pinna 23 cm long, middle pinna 102 cm long, apical pinna 70 cm long. Inflorescence: prophyll 25 cm long, 10 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 120 cm long, green, woody; peduncle 36 cm long, 5 cm wide; rachis 80 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachillae 61, 16-50 cm long. Flowers cream. Fruits 3.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Local name: “Tola”. Informant Jaime Amos. Transect HB154, outside transect; UTM: 19L-560783-8343326 |