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Allcostapalmateleaves are markedly recurved or arched backwards.
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Leaves arecostapalmatewith petioles up to 300 long, with black spines along the margins.
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Plants usually have 47costapalmateleaves, each with 2550 leaflets.
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The leaves are fan-shaped ("costapalmate") and the trunk columnar, naked, smooth or fibrous, longitudinally grooved, and obscurely ringed by leaf scars.
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It is often described as a palmetto palm as it hascostapalmatefronds, which are like a transition phase between fan palms and feather-leaved palms.
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