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From Palmpedia

Prestoea ensiformis

These grow in Costa Rica,Panama, Peru and the Andean slopes of Columbia and Ecuador in premontane and montane rain forest on mountain hillsides from 350m to 1800m. They have clustered stems or single trunked being 2.5m to 9m tall, Stems are 3-13 cm thick, rachis are 0.4-2.3m long with 36-49 leaflets per side,no crown shafts and have open sheaths, Purple black fruit 7-1cm in diameter.