• Grows up to 10m tall in grasslands and forest edges.
• The apical bud is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable
• The sap that collects in the cavity from which the apical bud was harvested is allowed to ferment.
• The pulp of the fruits could be also fermented adding raw sugar.
• Cooking oil can be extracted from the nut.
• An external thin layer of the trunk its hard and is use for furniture and handcraft. PROPAGATION: Seed