Pritchardia maideniana, a member of the Arecaceae (palm) family, is a palm tree from 10 to 25 m (33 to 82 ft) tall. Its orbicular and wedge-shaped, hairless leaf blades are green on the upper surface and pale green on the lower surface, with a few yellow scales. Pale, long, soft, tangled hairs extend along the fan-like folds of the leaf segments to the leafstalk. One or more hairless flower clusters are branched and rebranched. Each flower cluster is subtended by a main flower cluster stalk (peduncle) that has bracts at the base. Upper flower cluster branches also are subtended by small membranous bracts bearing a single flower. The calyx is cup-shaped and 3-lobed. Three petals are fused at the base to the stamen tube, which is comprised of six stamens. The immature fruit has a 3-lobed stigma. The fruit is brown to black, almost round and 2.3 cm (0.9 in) in diameter.