Evergreen in all seasons, adult plant height 2~3 meters, stem cylindrical, noded, 2~3 cm in diameter, unbranched, covered with brown reticulate thick fiber sheath. The leaves are stiff, clustered at the top of the stem, palmately deeply lobed; lobes 5-10, strip-lanceolate, 25-30 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, broad at the top, with irregular teeth missing, and many transverse veins And obviously, the petiole has thorns, 15-25 cm long, oblate, and the base of the leaf sheath is covered with black-brown reticulate fibers.
Likes a warm, humid and well-ventilated environment. The optimum temperature for growth is 20-30°C, and it should be well-drained, humus-rich sand pit soil. Slightly cold-resistant, can be as low as 0 ℃.
