Livistona saribus Merr. ex A.Chev.

Stems to 40 m tall, to 65 cm in diam., rough with leaf scars. Leaves palmate; petioles 1-2 m, with green to brown, recurved spines along margins, spines denser proximally, fewer distally on petioles; blades almost circular in outline, 1.5-1.7 m wide, green adaxially and abaxially, irregularly divided for up to 1/2 their length into 80-90 segments, segments in groups, each group separated by a split almost to base of leaf, segments deeply split and pendulous at apices. Inflorescences to 2.3 m, branched to 3 orders, with 4-9 partial inflorescences; rachillae 15-45 cm; flowers borne in clusters of 3-5, yellowish, to 2 mm. Fruits blue or blue-gray, globose to ellipsoid, to 2.5 × 2 cm.

It is a tropical plant. It will grow in the subtropics. They grow in groups in large numbers in open places in the Cagayan Valley in the Philippines. in southern China it grows in lowland rain forests often in places that are occasionally flooded between 600-1,100 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 9-12. In XTBG Yunnan.

The bud is eaten cooked. The very hard layer of the fruit is crushed in salt and vinegar solution then eaten.

Plants are grown from seed. Seed germinate in 2-4 months.