Pinanga modesta Becc.

A slender and very small palm. The stems are 1 to 3 cm across. The leaves are short with very few (4 or 5) unequal 3-to 7-ribbed segments on each side of the axis of the leaf. The flower arrangement is a flower spike along a central axis with 3 or 4 branches only. The fruit are exactly in two rows and narrowly oval with a conical point. They are 15 to 16 mm by 6 or 7 mm. The seed has a tail at the base.

A tropical plant. They occur in primary forest at low and medium altitudes up to1200 m in the Philippines. They are reported from Mindanao.

The bud is cooked and eaten.