| Field notes | Solitary, stem up to 40 m long, 5 cm in diameter. Leaves ca 7 m long, leaf sheath with smooth blacklish-brown spines, petiole 1m long, leaflets ca. 40 on each side, Cirrus 2 m long. Infructescens up to 1.5 m long. Scales of ripe fruits bright whitish yellow |