Measurements of height, diameter at breast height and basal diameter for Prestoea acuminata at the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP), Puerto Rico in January 2020.

Data were collected in January 2020 in Puerto Rico, within and outside the boundaries of LFDP. For each of these palms, we measured stem height from the ground to the base of the crown (Hbc; height of the youngest internode), diameter at 130 cm above ground (D130), and basal diameter (DB; just above the top of the roots). These are the data which accompany the publication: Height-diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico.