| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 16,23 m, columnar, erect, gray, diam. 63 cm. Leaves 26, erect, arching; sheath + petiole 297 cm x 100 cm x 24 cm, rounded below, brown, channeled above, glabrouse, brown, margins sharp, fibrous; rachis 680 cm, 13 cm wide, 8 cm cross, channeled above, with a prominent ridge, rounded below, tapering towards apex; pinnae 146, basal pinnae 115 x 1 cm. middle pinnae 183 x 7 cm, apical pinnae 84 x 0,2 cm. Infructescences 3 ( half of the fruits ( afkasted) + 1 young + 1 decaying); prophyll 114 x 45 cm. The younger: 640 rachillae, each rachillae with 16-23 fruits. |