Syagrus deflexa

Description

Palm caespitose, rarely solitary, stems generally arched, ringed but often covered with leaf base remains, 2�3 m in height and 6�10 cm in diam. Leaves 5�7 in the crown, a little more than 1 m long; sheath with fibrous margin 25�38 cm long; pseudopetiole 14�33 cm long, petiole about 12�22 � 0.7�0.9 cm; rachis 52�85 cm long; leaflets, coriaceous, 39�50 along each side, irregularly spaced, the majority in clusters of 2�5 (�6) inserted in different planes, all strongly bent or deflexed downward, initially glaucous on the lower surface,�