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Licuala grandis
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Licuala grandis Wendl., Ill. Hort. 27: t. 412. 1880.
Pritchardia grandis (Wendl.) W.Bull, Gard. Chron. n.s. 1: 415. 1874.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Ruffled Fan palm
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Description:
Solitary palm, up to 4 m in height and to 12 cm in diameter with persistent leaf bases just below the crown. Leaves palmate, dark green, ascending and spreading in all directions; petiole slender, leaf circular in appearance, but really more wide than long, not divided, stiff, plaited, margins shallowly lobed. Inflorescence is interfoliar, arching outward from the axis, 100-120 cm long. Ripe fruits cherry red, globose, 1.5 cm in diameter.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of Pacific Islands
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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