Plants acaulescent; stem 9-15 cm diam.; 1-5 leaves in crown. Leaves semi-glossy to highly glossy, 35-60 cm long, moderately to strongly keeled, with 90-160 pinnae, mid-green; petiole 7-21 cm long, 7-12 mm wide at lowest pinna; rachis strongly spirally twisted. Basal pinnae not reducing to spines. Median pinnae simple, 7-21 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, strongly discolorous; margins incurved; apex entire, not spinescent. Pollen cones fusiform, 7-18 cm long, 2.5-4 cm diam.; microsporophyll lamina 9-17 mm long, 7-16 mm wide; apical spine 0-5 mm long. Seed cones narrowly ovoid, 6-12 cm long, 3.5-6 cm diam.; megasporophyll with an expanded, peltate apex 2.4-3.2 mm wide and 0.6-1.2 mm long; apical spine 0-10 mm long. Seeds ovoid, 20-25 mm long, 16-20 mm wide; sarcotesta red.
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