About Raffled Fan-Palm
Licuala grandis, the ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm, swamp palm or Palas palm, is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to Vanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific. It grows in the understory of primary and secondary tropical rain forests. It produces hermaphroditic inflorescences. It bears round green fruit that redden as they ripen, each containing a single seed.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Licuala grandis
- Genus
- Licuala
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Native to
- New Hebrides
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Raffled Fan-Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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