Clumping palm to 4 m tall. Crown shaft elongated, 8-12 cm diameter. Bipinnately compound leaves, c. 2.5 m long, leaflets c. 15 cm long, narrowly to broadly triangular with fishtail tips. Inflorescence many-branched, pendulous, c. 30-60 cm long. Both male and female flowers produced on the same individual but at different times. Individual trunk dying after flowering and fruits maturing. Fruits globose, maturing black, c. 1.5 cm across.