Mazhar Botanic Garden

Licuala grandis (hort. ex W. Bull) H. Wendl

ruffled fan palm Vanuatu fan Palm Palas Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000055
Common name: Ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan Palm, Palas Palm
Arabic name: نخيل ليكوالا
Native: Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Country: Solomon Islands Vanuatu
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Solitary stem, upright to 3 m tall, 5-8 cm in diameter, ridged with leaf scars and some remnant fibers from leaf sheaths leaves costa pamate, with a stiff, undulating blade, undivided, but corregated, and forming a semicircle flowers white and bisexual fruits spherical 1-15 cm, red or red-orange when ripe

ornamental palm

Pritchardia grandis hort Ex W Bull

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Texture: Clay Loam
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, germinated 45-60 days
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10b : 13
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid
Located in: Glass house

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