Climbing or scrambling palm, evergreen vine, bayonet-like yellow thorns. Leaves to 2.1m, 40-100 leaflets, segments to 600m x 25mm armed with recurved prickles, flagellum metres long armed with recurved hooks. Male inflorescence to 3m long, tepals 5mm long. Female inflorescence 3m long, tepals to 5mm long. Masses of small flowers in panicles followed by hard round fruits to 13mm diameter.
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