As recorded for Fiji Fan-Palm
Pritchardia pacifica
Fiji Fan-Palm
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Found in India
- Telangana, Goa, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range does not include India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Tonga (Vava'u). Not listed native does not establish introduction or absence from India.
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How to identify Fiji Fan-Palm
Identify Fiji Fan-Palm by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a palm (columnar) habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Goa, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Fiji Fan-Palm.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pritchardia pacifica
- Genus
- Pritchardia
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Native to
- Tonga Islands
- Found in India
- Telangana, Goa, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds)recorded
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The large, flat and rounded leaves are divided 1/4-1/3 into many stiff-tipped segments.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fiji Fan-Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The panicles are branched to 2 orders, with glabrous rachillae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fiji Fan-Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Fiji Fan-Palm
Fiji Fan-Palm (Pritchardia pacifica) is a single-stemmed palm in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Goa, Gujarat and 1 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Fiji Fan-Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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