Mostly solitary but can be clustering, feather-leafed palm to 9 m tall, c. 15 cm diameter. Crown shaft olive green to deep green with suffusion of orange or red. Leaves c. 3 m long, with stiff rachises and regularly spaced drooping leaflets. Inflorescences consist of many thin branches, growing beneath the crown shaft. Flowers tiny, whitish. Fruits globose, 13 mm across, dark purple to black when mature.