| General Description | A single-stemmed, evergreen palm, up to 12 metres tall topped with a rosette of large leaves that can be 4.5 metres long. |
| Propagation | By seed. |
| Cultivation | Grow in semi-shade, likes rich well-drained soil with lots of humus. |
| Notable Specimens | Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
| Habitat | Found in tropical, subtropical climate regions, and marginally warm temperate zones |
| Bark/Stem Description | 2 - 12 m high, 24-35 cm in diameter, internodes 2 - 8 cm, very pale grey or pale brown. |
| Leaf Description | Pinnate, 4-5 m long, with about 130 pairs of linear-lanceolate leaflets regularly arranged along the rachis, long in the median part up to about 170 cm and 4-5 cm broad, of a bright green colour. The foliar base is with fibrous margins, up to about 1,5 m long that wraps the stem only partially. |
| Flower Description | The inflorescences borne on 1 m long robust peduncle. |
| Fruit Description | Ovoidal fruit with pointed apex, about 3.5 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter, of a dark purple colour, containing only one ellipsoidal seed, about 2.4 cm long and 2 cm in diameter. |
