| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 14 m long, 12-13 cm thick, grey, smooth; apical internode 8 cm long. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 20 cm long; petiole 100 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, section margined; lamina pinnate; 310 cm long, 150 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 190 per side, regularly inserted in groups of 2-5; basal pinna 45 cm long, middle pinna 80 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 70 cm long, 11 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 175 cm long (immature 165 cm long), inserted 3 cm from base, brown (immature green), woody; peduncle 37 cm long, 5 cm wide; rachis 90 cm long (immature 55 cm long); rachillae >100, 30-70 cm long. Flowers cream, sessile. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 434, to transect |