Editing Balaka seemannii (section)

===Description:===
An elegant palm with some found up to 7 meters but many maturing
at around 2 meters height. It has a slender trunk rarely seen more
than 3-4 cm thick and attractive colorations between grey to brown
with the crownshaft slightly darker. It holds only 6-7 fronds of
about 1.5 meters or less in length. Fruits are red, ellipsoid
and slightly pointed when ripe.

This is a common palm which has been used as spears and as walking sticks
and in more recent times as a decorative wall lining similar to a bamboo screen.