English: Fruits of Hedyscepe canterburyana, a palm endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Specimen in cultivation at South Pacific Palms, Kerikeri, New Zealand. The fruits take four years to ripen, and it is difficult to tell when they are ripe. The egg-shaped fruit are deep red when ripe, and about 4 cm long. They appear in densely bunched fruiting spikes from below the crownshaft. Each fruit contains a single seed.