| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 18 m high, 12 cm thick; internodes 2.5 cm long, fissured. Visible roots numerous, 39 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, with 0.2 cm long spines, forming a root cone. Crownshaft 145 cm long. Leaves 15; sheath 164 cm long, closed; petiole 28 cm long, section margined; rachis 306 cm long; lamina pinnate, 364 cm long, 219 cm wide, flat; pinnae 92 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 62 cm long, middle pinna 114 cm long, apical pinna 59 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 14 cm long, 5 cm wide; rachis 56 cm long, 2 cm wide; rachillae 144, 57-80 cm long. Fruits black, 1.5 cm long, 1.4 cm wide. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 774, subunit no. 64, inside transect |
