Narrow ringed trunk, with slender crownshaft. Height: To nearly 2 meters. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, alternately opposed, widely spaced, elliptical leaflets, with finely drawn out tips, and a midrib, which tends to hold the pinnae perpendicular to the rachis, reddish maroon, new emergent leaf.  – Palmpedia

“The native range of this species is New Guinea. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.” – Kew