Caudex elongate, as thick as a finger, the internodes 5-10 mm. long; petioles of the lower leaves 8-25 cm. long, vaginate almost to the apex; blades coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 15-26 cm. long, 5-7 cm. wide, subacuminate to very obtuse and apiculate at the apex, the primary lateral nerves about 20 on each side, ascending at a very narrow angle; peduncles slender, 18-30 cm. long; spathe ovate-oblong, acuminate, 8-11 cm. long, pale green; spadix borne on a stipe 5 mm. long, cylindric, very obtuse, 3.5-4 cm. long, 7-8 mm. thick; pistils short-turbinate, 1 mm. long and broad, tetragonous at the apex.
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