Tamaca Palm, Colombia or Ecuador

Botanical sketch showing a view of a tamaca palm somewhere in Colombia or Ecuador, with the faint outline of another beside it at right. Also referred to as the tamaco, chota, or corozo palm, this tree's scientific name is Astrocaryum standleyanum. It has a long, slender trunk with spiny scales around its upper portion. Its canopy is roughly spherical in shape and radiates fronds in all directions. Graphite on gray laid paper