Licuala grandis

Licuala grandis
Licuala grandis with Water lettuce, Anubias, Alligator flag, and Lagenandra ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Tribe:	Trachycarpeae
Genus:	Licuala
Species:	L. grandis
Binomial name
Licuala grandis (hort. ex W. Bull) H. Wendl.

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. ^[1] It produces hermaphroditic inflorescences. ^[1] It bears round green fruit that redden as they ripen, each containing a single seed. ^[1]

Synonyms

• Pritchardia grandis hort. ex W. Bull

References

1. "Licuala grandis". National Parks: Flora and Fauna Web. Government of Singapore. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

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• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:149.
• Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr.