Attalea crassispatha Burret

A tall palm. It grows 20 m high. The trunk can be 25-35 cm wide. The crown is nearly rounded. There are 15-19 leaves. The leaves are 3.1-4 m long. There are regularly spaced leaflets. They grow in a single flat plane. The flowering stalk is borne among the leaves. They are crowded among the leaf bases. The fruit have one seed. They are oval and 3.5-4 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are reddish.

A tropical plant. It grows in low limestone hills in dry savannas in Haiti. It is damaged by frost. It needs a fertile, well-drained soil. It needs shade when young but can then grow in full sun. It can tolerate drought once mature.

The young seeds are eaten. They taste like coconuts.

Can be grown by seedlings.