I would not call it a friendly palm, because one really had to watch out for its mean 'thorns' shed all over the forest floor when stepping on them, especially when only wearing toe slippers
These were needle hard and sharp, pitch black, quite long too with around 5 cm length.
I met these big palms in a dense rainforest in the immediate proximity of the sea. It was impossible to take a shot of the whole palm because of the density of the vegetation..The foliage was a very dark green, the underside silver-grayish..
