Solitary fan-leafed palm to 14 m tall, c. 30 cm diameter. Crown roundish, densely packed with 40-60 leaves. Petiole c. 1.8 m long with spines along the margin; blade c. 1.8 m across, nearly circular, segment tips pendulous. Inflorescence much branched, c. 1.5 m long bearing small white blossoms. Fruits globose to ovoid, c. 2.5 cm across, glossy greenish blue to pale green when mature.