| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 2,5 m, diam. 3 cm, internodes 4 cm. Leaves 9, sheath 33 x 9 cm, rounded brown spinous, channeled above, creamy, glabrous; petiole 40 x 1,5 cm, 1 cm cross, brown spinose; rachis 147 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm, green, spinose; pinnae 16 per side, distributed in pairs of 2, basal pinnae 17 x 4 cm, middle pinnae lower 9 x10 cm, middle pinnae upper 26 x 10 cm, apical pinnae lower 12,5 x 7 cm, apical pinnae upper 17 x 8 cm. Inflorescence 2 ( 1 decaying); prophyll 46 x 2 cm; peduncle 106 x 1 x 0,5 cm; rachis 29 cm long with rachillae subpressed for half of their lengh. Flowers only on abaxially side. |