Solitary fan-leafed palm to 25 m tall, 20-30 cm diameter. Crown roundish, with 40-50 leaves. Petiole 1.4-1.6 m long with spines along the margin; blade c. 2 m across, nearly circular, regularly segmented with stiff tips. Inflorescence much branched, c. 1.2-2 m long bearing small greenish cream blossoms. Fruits obovate to ovoid, 18-25 mm across, greenish blue to light blue when mature.