Cyathea caracasana

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{{Short description|Species of tree fern}}

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|image = Cyathea caracasana.JPG

|genus = Cyathea

|species = caracasana

|authority = (Klotzsch) Domin (1929)

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Cyathea caracasana is a tree fern (common names Boba, Sarro helecho, Helecho macho ) in the family Cyatheaceae and is native to Colombia, West Indies, Central America, and northernPeru eastward to the Guianas. The fronds are uncommonly large, with prickley petioles (stipes) up to {{cvt|314|cm}} in length and leaf blades (laminae) up to {{cvt|282|cm}} in length. The single longest frond measured in a study by Arens and Baracaldo was {{cvt|542|cm}} in total length.{{cite journal | last1= Arens | first1= Nan O. |last2= Baracaldo | first2= Patricia |date= January{{ndash}}March 2000 | title= Variation in Treefern Stipe Length | journal= American Fern Journal |volume= 90 | issue= 1 | pages= 5, 6 and 15}} The trunk is fairly slender and up to twenty feet (six meters) in height. Colplanta Org. at https://colplanta.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73146-2/general-information