title: Cryosophila warscewiczii
text: # Cryosophila warscewiczii
  
  Cryosophila warscewiczii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to Central America. It is a tree with palmate leaves, growing to 10 meters in height with trunk 10–15 cm. in diameter above its enlarged base. Much of the trunk bears spines transformed from roots.
  
  ## Synonyms
  
  * Acanthorrhiza warscewiczii H.Wendl.
  * Cryosophila albida
  