Description
Stems to 3 m tall, with sheaths (6) 8–20 (25) mm in diam., without (3) 4–15 mm. Costapalmate, Leaf sheath often with coarse, flattened outer immature fibers obscuring finer inner ones producing a diagonallined mesh, mature inner and outer fibers of similar thickness producing a squared open, often fine mesh, ligule sometimes remaining intact at maturity.
