| Field notes | Colonial palm. Stems to 3m tall, ca. 4cm diam., grey brown towards the base, green distally. Leaves ca. 9 in the crown; crownshaft 30cm.yellowish green with brown scales. Leaf to 70cm, entireor irregularly pinnate, this one irregularly pinnate. Inflorescence inbud interfoliar, then infrafoliar, branching to 2 orders; rachillae green,pendulous; fruit with endosperm superficially grooved. c.f. JD6492, JD6494 |