Attalea colenda (O.F.Cook) Balslev & A.J.Hend.

A large palm. It grows to 30 m tall. The trunk is thick. It is 30-50 cm across. There are 15-25 leaves. The leaves are long and upright and divided into leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are regularly arranged and spread in the same plane. The flowering stalk is borne among the leaves. The fruits are large and oily. They are oval and 6 cm long. They hang down among the leaves. The fruit clusters are orange but turn pale brown when ripe. They are carrot shaped. They are 6 cm long.

Lowland rain forest or deciduous forest, especially common in disturbed or cleared areas, at elevations up to 900 metres.

Oil can be extracted from the seeds.

The seeds are large and slow and erratic to germinate.