| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stilt roots 14, 180 cm long, 3.5 cm thick, with 0.4 cm long spines. Stem 4.4 m long, 6 cm thick, smooth; internodes 6 cm long, grey. Crownshaft 90 cm long. Leaves 5; leaf sheath 90 cm long, closed; petiole 35 cm long, section round; rachis 130 cm long; lamina pinnate, 150 cm long, 100 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 17 per side, inserted in groups of 2-3; basal pinna 35 cm long, middle pinna 50 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 23 cm long, 5 cm wide, woody; peduncle 12 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachis 6 cm long, 2 cm wide; rachillae 5, 33-42 cm long. Fruits 3.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, dark green. Transect HB155, subunit no. 043, inside transect; UTM: 19L-560411-8342146 |