Syagrus cearensis Noblick

A clumping palm. The clumps have 2-5 arched stems. Sometimes palm are solitary. They are 4-10 m tall. The trunk has rings and is 10-28 cm across. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 3-4 m long and there are 10-15 leaves per stem. There are 100-130 pairs of leaflets in groups of 2-5 and irregularly arranged. The fruit are round. The pulp is thick.

Transitional areas of the caatinga (scrublands), and in seasonal vegetation on the hills and sierras of the Atlantic coast.

The flesh of the fruit is eaten. The nut is eaten.

Plants are grown from seed.