| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 17.7 m high, 14 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, < stem diameter, brown, smooth. Stilt roots 100, 2 m long, 7 cm thick, with 0.7 cm long spines. Crownshaft present, 125 cm long. Leaves 10; sheath 110 cm long, closed; petiole 7 cm long; rachis 240 cm long; lamina pinnate, 260 cm long, 140 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 20 per side; basal pinna 57 cm long, middle pinna 90 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncular bracts 3, 14, 31, and 43 cm long, green to brown, herbaceous to woody; peduncle 22 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; rachis 10 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 10 per rachis. Flowers white, sessile. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 472, subunit no. 1, inside transect |
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