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Habitat— In hilly country, in wet sclerophyll forest sometimes bordering on Sub—tropical and Warm-temperate rainforest; Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.

Distribution—North from the Manning River New South Wales and into Queensland.

Description—Unbranched palm—like shrub with a very thick trunk from 0.5 to 7 m high.

Local occurrences—

Leaves.—2 to 3 m long on mature plants; pinnae c. 200, recurved—falcate, broad—linear, 10 to 30 cm long, 7 to 13 mm wide, with 7 to 13 raised veins below; petiole rounded, to 30 to 60 cm long.

Fruit—Cataphylls 10 to 15 cm long. Male cones 40 to 60 cm long, c. 10 to 12 cm diam. Female cones 50 to 80 cm long, 25 to 30 cm diam.; sporophylls 5 to 8 cm long; seeds 5 to 6 cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm diam., fleshy layer red when ripe.

Ripe.—December to January.