[citation needed] It is a smaller tree than most other species of Pritchardia, typically reaching only 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of 15 centimetres (5.9 in).

Only about 700 of these trees remain, making the species endangered but numbers are slowly increasing.

[4] Up to 50% of the pollen found in soil cores taken from lowland sites in the Main Islands comes from Pritchardia palms similar to this species.

[6] Ancient Nihoans probably used the trees expansively as well , and this could have caused their water supply to be contaminated with guano.

[3] Pritchardia remota provides a nesting place for red-footed boobies and a perching spot for brown noddies.