The German blazon describes the coronet as a Laubkrone, or "leaf crown".

The branched inflorescence grows beneath the leaf crown, circling the trunk, producing tiny branches of male and female flowers.

Inflorescences emerge from within the leaf crown, to 2 m in length, and resemble those in Mauritia.

Crownshafts are not present in the genus; inflorescences emerge from the leaf crown.

In many species it is surrounded by leaf crowns.

Compared to other palms, the inflorescences in this genus are unusually large, once-branched, and emerge below the leaf crown.

The much branched inflorescence is short, brown, and hairy and emerges within the leaf crown.

The inflorescence usually emerges within the leaf crown but emerges below in those with rudimentary crownshafts.

The leaf crown is hemispherical and often extended, especially in younger individuals.

The leaf crown grows to 10 m wide and 7.5 to 10 m tall containing up to 100 leaves.