is an attractive palm tree with large leathery leaves with exceptionally wide segments and a thick, bare and ringed trunk.

It was formally photographed and collected for the first time only in 1992 during the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sikkim Expedition.

[3] It is considered a temperate palm, and has been reported to withstand a wide range of climates, from tropical, subtropical to cold and wet conditions.

It remains in the wild in just one tiny, heavily altered location which is immediately threatened by deforestation.

They should be soaked for at least 12 hours, then placed in a mixture of moist peat with perlite or vermiculite within a plastic bag, and keep at 18 - 28 °C.