Description:
palm, to 11.6 m in height, DBH 7.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.6 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 1.7 m; foliage 0.5103 kg mature wet mass, 0.0512 kg juvenile wet mass; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, light brown, grey; cambium light brown, yellow; wood yellow, pink; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: ariki, kiyowo Local use: Wood for spear heads; edible nuts