Solitary feather-leafed palm to 9 m tall, c. 15 cm diameter, with swollen base. Crown shaft light green to grey to almost white. Leaves 2.4-3.6 m long, leaflets regularly arranged. Inflorescence c. 60 cm long, just below the crown shaft, simply branched and enclosed in 2 bracts in the bud stage. Fruits ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, c. 1.5 cm long, ripening black or purplish.