| General Description | A fan palm with a solitary trunk and a thick crown of large green palmate fronds with the ability to produce purplish-green to brown ripen fruits. |
| Propagation | Pre-soak seed for 24 hours in warm water and sow in containers.
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| Cultivation | For best appearance, it requires high levels of moisture and consistently high humidity. Tolerates a wide range of soils but prefers those high in organic material. |
| Notable Specimens | Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand.
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| Habitat | Tropical rainforest areas with high rainfall, sometimes on limestone hills. Lowland rainforest at elevations up to 500 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Stem, solitary, usually covered in crisscrossing leaf bases; crown shaft absent. |
| Leaf Description | Palmately compound, with very deeply split, dark green, glossy leaves. The petioles have extremely sharp edges, which will cause lacerations to the skin if one is careless. |
| Flower Description | Inflorescences creamy-white, stout, pendent and rope-like with small inconspicuous flowers on male plant, spike-like with much larger flowers on female plant. |
| Fruit Description | Ovoid with a flat end, 10 - 12 cm in diameter, purplish-green to brown when ripe. |