Monoecious,
perennial trees. Leaves in terminal crown; leaflets linear-lanceolate. Spadices
several in the axils of fallen leaves, shortly peduncled, much branched. Male
flowers numerous, female flowers few. Lower flower female; upper one male.
Drupes smooth, supported by persistent perianth. Cultivated on small scale for
its nuts
Flowering
and Fruiting: Almost throughout year