Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl. is a plant in the Arecaceae family, order Arecales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.

Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.

Licuala grandis is a palm species native to Pacific Vanuatu, growing in tropical rainforest understories, with red-ripening single-seeded fruit.

Family
Genus
Licuala
Order
Arecales
Class
Liliopsida

About Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.

Licuala grandis, commonly known as the ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm, swamp palm or Palas palm, is a species of palm tree in the palm family Arecaceae. This species is native to Vanuatu, an island nation located in the Pacific. It grows in the understory of both primary and secondary tropical rain forests. It produces hermaphroditic inflorescences. It bears round green fruit that turn red as they ripen, and every fruit contains one single seed.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Arecales Arecaceae Licuala

More from Arecaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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