Family: Arecaceae

Description: 

Stem erect, solitary, unarmed, 10 - 25 m tall. Leaves in a terminal crown, to 2 m long; leaflets many, linear or linear-lanceolate. Spadices several on the axils of fallen leaves, to 50 cm long, branched; spikes flexuous or straight, to 30 cm long. Spathes boat-like, coriaceous. Flowers monoecious; lower ones female, 1-3 at spike-base; upper ones male, many. Fruit to 4 x 2.5 cm, with fibrous mesocarps, orange-red in colour.