Astrocaryum aculeatissimum

The trunk of the tree is covered by rings of very sharp spines, believed by some biologists to have evolved as protection against the extinct Megatherium Giant Ground Sloth.

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Astrocaryum aculeatissimum across a gradient of seed disperser abundance = * * Donatti Camila I. * * * Guimaraes Jr. Paulo R. More