Climbing or erect palm to 2m, stem sheaths to 35mm across with brownish spines to 30mm long. Furfuraceous leaf sheaths with spines to 25mm long, leaves to 2m long without cirrus armed with spines to 60mm long, 30-50 leaflets each side, leaflets to 350mm x 25mm with bristly tip & spinulose margins. Inflorescences with bracts to 100mm x 20mm. Ferrugineous spiny hairy female spadix to 150mm long, female flowers to 8mm long. Male flowers to 8mm long. Fruit to 30mm x 30mm.
Walking sticks, edible fruit