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 in length and leaf blades (laminae) up to in length. The single longest frond measured in a study by Arens and Baracaldo was in total length.[1] The trunk is fairly slender and up to twenty feet (six meters) in height.[2]