The trunk is solitary to 15 m in height, at 13 cm wide, supported by a nearly 2 m tall mass of stilt
roots. Prominently ringed by scars, the trunks are topped off by a tall green to white
crownshaft with a bulging base. The
leaves are pinnate up to 3 m long with 1 m long, single-fold, dark green leaflets; rachis and petiole scaly to tomentose. The
inflorescence is interfoliar, once or twice branched and hairy. The male and female flowers are borne in triads at the base of the rachilla and are solitary or in pairs towards the end. The
fruit is slightly ovoid, epicarp smooth, mesocarp fleshy and fibrous, with one similarly shaped
seed. == Distribution and habitat ==