Family: Arecaceae / Palmae

Genus: Licuala

Species: ramsayi

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000810

Common name: Wedge leaflet fan palm

English name: Australian fan palm

Arabic name: ليكوالا رامسياي

Native: Australia

Country: Australia

(PGR): Rare

Solitary fan palm, monoecious, stem 20 m tall, 20 cm in diameter leaves almost circular, 2 m of diameter, divided till the base in 17-23 cuneiform segments,  petioles 1-25 m long, thin, equipped at the margins with blackish, 05 cm long thorns for about one third of the lengtht from bottom inflorescences 1-3 m long bear between the leaves, flowers cream hermaphrodite fruit ovoid or globular, 15 cm of diameter, orange or red when ripe

Elegant and majestic, with the great circular on long and thin petioles, would deserve a major diffusion as ornamental .

Texture: Loam Sandy

Fertility: Intermediate

Drainage: Moderately well drained

Topography: Swamp

Salinity: Intermediated

Water Sources: Humidity Moderate Water

Climates: Temperate Tropical

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Early summer

Zone: 9 : 11

pH range: 5.5- 7.0

Status: Rare

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Palm

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Ornamental

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Evergreen Mangrove forests

pH: Mild acid Neutral