Description : | About four stems emerging from a more or less point in the groud, 3-4m tall X 25cm in diam. Leaves 15, light green, some of the old ones remaining on the stem; leaf sheath 45 X 25cm, with a longitudinal cleft of 40cm; petiole 80cm long X 6cm towards the base; ochrea asymmetrical, 6cm long; costa 55 cm long; leaf segments 62 in total; basal segments 60 cm X 2 cm; middle segments 90cm X 5cm; apical segments 50cm X 2.5cm. Inflorescences 2-3 per individual, male;peduncle 30cm X 3cm; rachis 40cm X 2cm, bearing 5 fertile rachillae. |