Large solitary palm to 30 m, c. 30 cm diameter. Crown shaft elongated. Bipinnately compound leaves 3-6 m long, leaflets c. 30 cm long, narrowly triangular with fishtail tips. Inflorescence many-branched, pendulous, c. 1.8 m long, bearing multiple extended times in and below the crown shaft. Trunk dying after flowering and fruits maturing. Both male and female flowers produced on the same individual but at different times. Fruits ellipsoid, pink to red.