Licuala grandis
COMMON NAME | Ruffled Fan Palm, Vanuatu Fan Palm or
Palas Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | Ruffled
fan palm is perhaps one of the most interesting and elegant of all small
palms. Its glossy, pleated, fan-like fronds are fantastic as are its drooping
cluster of red fruits that mature late in the season. Slow growing with a trunk height at
maturity of 6 to 9 ft. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Solomon and Vanuatu Islands (New Guinea), in the SE
Asian Pacific. |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Lowland
rainforest where it occurs in the undergrowth |
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