Palm solitary with 8-9 m x 40-50 cm trunk, leaves costapalmate, 16-18 in crown, spirally arranged and spreding, leaf sheath plus petiole is 180 cm long and splitting at the base, trunk consistently self cleaning in the older specimens, leaf petiole 8-9.3 cm wide x 4.5-5 cm thick with black toothed margins, adaxially channeled and abaxially rounded, leaf racis 90-102 cm long, 54-64 pairs of leaflets which are distributed along the rachis, basal leaflets 78-97 cm long x 2.5 cm wide, middle leaflets 136-178 cm long x 8-12 cm wide and apical leaflets 78-136 cm long x 2-3.5 cm wide, androgynous inflorescence spicate or unbranched with 60-70 cm long rachis [...] fruit 3 seeded and dimpled at apex
