| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 6 m high, 35 cm thick; internodes 5-10 cm long, brown, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 17; sheath 2 m long, petiole 3 m long, section margined; rachis 8 m long; lamina pinnate, 8 m long, 2.8 m wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 200 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 105 cm long, middle pinna 140 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 270 cm long, brown, woody, fissured; peduncle 150 cm long, 8 cm wide; rachis 120 cm long, 5 cm wide; rachillae 150-200, 15-20 cm long. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 763, subunit no. 86, outside transect |