Astrocaryum standleyanum

Description

This palm grows to up 15 to 20 meters tall. The trunk diameter is up to 18 to 25 centimeters. It is covered densely in sharp, flattened black spines up to 20 centimeters long. The leaf stalks and leaf edges and the peduncles bearing the fruit clusters have smaller spines. One plant is topped with about 15 mature leaves at a time.