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.
Synonyms
- Pritchardia grandis hort. ex W. Bull
References
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- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
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- Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:149.
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