Trunk to 7 m tall and 35 cm wide, stout, grey. Leaves green, in a rounded crown, about 1.5 m across, and with a very long central midrib, divided about halfway, tip bifid. Leaflets 85-95, stiff. Panicles about as long as the leaf stalks. Fruit about 2 cm long, black, pear-shaped. [S. princeps Becc., S. beccariana L.H. Bailey]

Bermuda

Occurs in well-drained marshy habits. Regarded as being vulnerable in nature. The fruit has a layer of sweet flesh.

Uncommonly cultivated. Very slow growing and hardy.

Fan palm with a crown of green costapalmate leaves on a stout grey trunk; fruit black, pear-shaped.

NSW: Sydney (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney). Vic: Melbourne (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens)).

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.