the foxtail palm trunk is smooth, thin, and self-cleaning. It grows a single, double, or triple trunk that is slightly spindle-shaped to columnar reaching heights of about 10 m (30 ft. Flowering White flowers stalk that comes from the base of the crownshaft. Fruits 2 inches long. Olive green to green in the early stages. Orange red when ripe. The tree is native to  endemic to the Cape Melville range, within the Cape Melville National Park in Queensland Australia