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| Habit : | Palm 15 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Trunk smooth, grey with annulate scar. |
| Leaves : | Leaves compound, pinnate, 1.5-2 m long; leaflets 60-75 x 2.5-5 cm, linear oblong, 2-3 united, tip usually bifid; lobes 5-10 cm. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Spadix from axil of fallen leaves just below crown. Spathe many, membranous, flowers small, sunken in branches of spadix; male flowers scarlet; female flowers lilac or violet, peduncles branched. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Fruit subglobose, rather compressed, 1-1.2 cm diameter, red, 1-seeded. |