Japan Flora: An evergreen tree with a straight thick simple trunk, 3-7 m. long, covered with dark brown fibrous remains of the petiole bases; leaves aggregated at the top of the stem, large, 50-80 cm. across, orbicular-flabellate, the seg­ments linear, plicate, somewhat obtuse and bifid at apex, 1.5-3 cm. wide, the petioles nearly 1 m. long, tapering to a broad sheath surrounding the stem at base; inflorescence peduncled, deflexed, subtended by large bracts; flowers small, yellowish; fruiting carpels 1-3, globose, about 1 cm. across, black-indigo, bloomy when mature.  May-June.

Kyushu (s. distr.); widely planted in centr. and s. Japan.