| Field notes | Solitary midstory palm. Stem 14.85 m high; basal internodes 28 cm long, apical internodes 6-7 cm long, fissured, white to brown. Crownshaft present, 62 cm long. Leaves 6 per stem; leaf sheath closed; petiole 20 cm long, section margined; rachis 2 m long; lamina pinnate, 217 cm long, 120 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 68 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 64 cm long, middle pinna 70 cm long, apical pinna 25 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 30 cm long, 9.5 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 64.5 cm long, inserted 3.5 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 7 cm long, 3.5 cm wide; rachis 11 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Rachillae 76 per rachis, 37-42 cm long. Flowers cream, with a pleasant odor. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 451, subunit no. 41, inside transect |
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