Extremely robust plants resembling Banana or Manila Hemp; leaves broadly oblong, 100-120 cm. long, 20-35 cm. broad, rounded at the base, the petioles of about equal length; inflorescence pendulous, the peduncle stout, 10-20 cm. long, glabrous or pilosulose; bracts ovate-rhombic, broadest distinctly above the base, acute to obtuse, 4-12 cm. long, 4-6 cm. broad, deep red, pilosulose to glabrate, closely imbricated virtually their entire length and concealing the rachis except at the very base; perianth 2-3 cm. long, red; fruits subglobose, deep purple, about 0.5 cm. thick.
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