Solitary feather-leafed palm growing c. 15 m tall, 20-30 cm diameter. Crownshaft green, with 6-8 arching leaves to crown; fronds 2.4 m long, leaflets regularly arranged, longest leaflets c. 60 cm long. Old fronds abscised cleanly from trunk. Inflorescence much branched just below crown shaft, with cream coloured flowers. Fruits in a massive branch, green ripening yellow to red, ellipsoid, c. 4-5 cm long.