| Field notes | Solitary canopy palm. Stem 18 m high, 26 cm thick; internodes 17 cm long, grey, fissured. Stilt roots 120 cm long, 5 cm thick, with 0.2 cm long spines. Crownshaft 130 cm long. Leaves 7; sheath 223 cm long, closed; rachis 436 cm long; lamina pinnate, 484 cm long, 200 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 25 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 49 cm long, middle pinna 96 cm long, apical pinna 47 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 39 cm long, 13 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 210 cm long, yellow to brown, woody; peduncle 37 cm long, 9 cm wide; rachis 7 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 63, 63-92 cm long. Flowers cream. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 776, to transect |
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