| Field notes | Cespitose canopy palm. Stem 9.5 m long, 10 cm thick, fissured; internodes 7 cm long, grey; base of stem with few visible roots. Crownshaft 120 cm long. Leaves 8, leaf sheath 102 cm long, closed; petiole 17 cm long, section margined; rachis 234 cm long; lamina pinnate, 270 cm long, 50 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 73 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 66 cm long, middle pinna 76 cm long, apical pinna 36 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 17 cm long, 5 cm wide; rachis 60 cm long, 3.5 cm wide; rachillae 85, 18-55 cm long. Fruits 0.5 x 0.5 cm light green. Transect HB163, subunit no. 027, inside transect; UTM: 19L-545807-8365282 |