Solitary feather-leafed palm 10 m tall, c. 50 cm diameter. Crown shaft grey to white, leaf sheaths arranged in 3 overlapping rows or ranks giving the trunk a triangular shape. Young leaves and sheaths covered with rusty brown tomentum. Leaves 10 m long, leaflets stiffy erect, regularly arranged, covered with greyish tomentum. Inflorescence grows within the lower leaf sheaths, much branched, 1.2-1.5 m long. Fruits c. 2.5 cm across, ovoid, greenish yellow to white.