Trunk to 15 m tall, 20–50 cm diam., pale grey; base with prominent petiole stubs, smooth above. Leaves 25–30 in a rigid dense crown; petiole 90–130 cm long, 25–30 mm wide, smooth or with marginal spines; leaf blade nearly circular, 90–140 cm long, rigid, pale green to glaucous, waxy, dull, abaxially glabrous, divided for more than 1/2 its length; segments 50–66, rigid, deeply bifurcate, with attenuate lobes. Inflorescence 150–270 cm long, branched to 3 orders; bracts glabrous to sparsely scaly; rachillae minutely warty. Flowers solitary or in pairs, cylindric, cream to yellowish; sepals triangular, 0.8–1 mm long, acute; petals triangular, 2–3 mm long, acute to mucronate; stamens c. 2 mm long. Fruit globose, 25–40 mm diam., dark brown. Seed globose, 14–20 mm diam.
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A palm. Plants have a fairly stout trunk. It grows 12 m high. The trunk is 30-40 cm thick. The trunk is grey and has rings. The leaf stalks are whitish. The leaves form a distinctive crown. The leaves are pale blue-green and stiff, dull and finely divided. They are divided for about 2/3 their length. These segments are then divided into finely pointed drooping lobes. They have a waxy surface. The old leaf bases remain of the trunk near the base. The flowers are yellowish and on upward pointing branches on the flower stalks. The fruit are large and round. They are 3.5-4 cm across. The skin is dark brown with lighter spots. The flesh is thin and juicy.
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