Description
Botanical name: Licuala grandis / Pritchardia grandis Common name: The Tuffled Fan Palm, Vanuatu Fan Palm, Palas Palm Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Tribe: Trachycarpeae Genus: Licuala Species: L. grandis Well known by now for its large, circular, simple, undivided, & closely pleated leaves, this Licuala makes a magnificent plant for indoors or out. The seed germinates readily & grows slowly but steadily in the tropical or warm subtropical garden, producing a slender trunk in the process. in the tropics it can be planted in sun or full shade but should be out of the wind. in hot, dry regions a shaded spot is best. It is originally native to disturbed or secondary forests on San Cristobal & the Santa Cruz Islands (part of the Solomon Islands) & throughout most of Vanuatu the South West Pacific, & not, as older publications erroneously state, to the Island of New Britain. Licuala Grandis - Ruffled Fan Palm Thailand Vanuatu Palm, Palas
