Loxococcus rupicola H.Wendl. & Drude

A solitary palm. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The trunk is slender and grey. It grows 7 m high. It has distinct rings on younger parts. The crown-shaft is 65 cm long. It is deep green and smooth. The leaf crown forms a half circle. There are 10 or less leaves. The leaves are 3.1 m long. They arch over. The leaflets are widely spaced, narrow and deep green. The leaflets are 60 cm long. Young leaves form a V shape. The flowering stalk grows beneath the crown-shaft. It is short and stiff with spreading branches with both male and female flowers. The fruit are 2.5 cm across. They are egg shaped. They are reddish-brown when mature.

Moist closed forest; at elevations from 300-742 metres. Lowland or montane rain forest, often on steep, rocky slopes; at elevations from 300-1,500 metres

The palm heart is edible. The nut is chewed as a substitute for betel nut.

Can be grown by seedlings.