Description: Ugly and thorny, but widely planted and appreciated for its fruit. Also known as the Ruffle Palm or as Mararay, and as Macahuitl after an Aztec weapon. Photo from an estate near Manizales, Colombia. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html. Date: 29 November 2013, 15:48. Source: Aiphanes horrida, the Coyure Palm. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.