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Vanuatu Fan Palm
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Palms

Vanuatu Fan Palm

Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.

Names

EnglishVanuatu Fan Palm
Dutch—
SpanishPalma de abanico de Nueva Guinea
Chinese圆叶刺轴榈
Sranan Tongopalmbon (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLicuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderArecales
FamilyArecaceae
GenusLicuala

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1963First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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