| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 6 m long, 7 cm thick, smooth; internodes 9 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaf sheath 60 cm long, closed; petiole 27 cm long, section margined; rachis 213 cm long; lamina pinnate, 230 cm long, 95 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 45 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 47 cm long, middle pinna 58 cm long, apical pinna 18 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 18 cm long, 4 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 60 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 10 cm long, 2 cm wide; rachis 47 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 75, 7-35 cm long. Flowers sessile, dark purple. Transect HB160, subunit no. 068, inside transect; UTM: 19L-578538-8361167 |