 There are 20-30 leaves in the crown, each leaf 90 cm long, stiff, lanceolate, pinnate, with 50-100 pairs of leaflets, these 10-17.5 cm long and 3–4 mm wide, and angled forward at 45 degrees; the leaf petiole bears minute spines.The female cones are open, with sporophylls 15–20 cm long, with pink-brown coloured tomentose down, with two ovules.The cones emerge in November to December, ripening in March to May.