Trunk to 2 m tall and 4 cm wide, grey. Leaves 7-20, gracefully arching, old ones persistent. Leaflets narrow, 0.5-1.2 cm wide, bright green, shiny above, silvery grey below. Panicles about 60 cm long, slender, arching among the leaves. Fruit ovoid to elliptic, about 1.5 cm or more long, reddish to brown, shiny.

Brazil

Grows as an understorey plant in rainforest.

Very popular in cultivation and an excellent indoor plant.

Thin trunk, graceful, bright green shiny feather-shaped leaves with very narrow leaflets.

NSW: Sydney (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney).

Source: Jones, D; Spencer, R. (2005). Arecaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.