Palm 3–10 (–15) m high; leaf scars 2–5 cm apart. Crownshaft c. 50 cm long, glaucous. Leaves arcuate, 1.5–2 (–3) m long; petiole short; rachis stout; pinnae 40–60, borne upwards on rachis, 20–30 cm long. Inflorescence arising below crownshaft, 30–40 cm long; prophyll and pedunculate bract caducous; rachis stout, 20–60 cm long, with 30–50 branches. Male flowers ivory-coloured; sepals 4 mm long, acuminate; petals ovate, 8 mm long, acute; filaments 10 mm long. Female flowers purplish black; sepals and petals imbricate; stigma ± sessile. Fruit c. 5 cm long, 4 cm broad, dull red.
Grows in the mountains from 350 m to the summits (Hutton 2002: 88); generally specimens grow better in protected forest, but also grows in exposed situations such as ridges (Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW) 2007: 166).
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