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and grows up to 17 m 0 abbr=on high. The trunk, which can have a girth of up to 90 cm 0 abbr=on, branches dichotomously and has tufts of large leaves at the ends of the branches. The bark is fairly smooth, dark grey and bears the scars of fallen leaves. The petioles (leaf stalks) are about a metre long, sheathing the branch at the base and armed with stout upward-curving claws. The leaves are fan shaped and measure about 120 by 180 cm. Male and female flowers are

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