Arenga brevipes Becc.

A cluster palm. It grows 4 m tall. The trunk is 35 cm across. It is covered with old leaf fibres. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are rhomboid and angular along the edges. The flowering shoots come from among the leaves. The fruit are oval and 3.5 cm across. They are yellow.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland dipterocarp forests and up to 700 m above sea level. It has been recorded up to 1,700 m.

The pith of the stem is eaten.

Plants can be grown from seeds and suckers.