Grosse Licuala Palm
Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 2.5 m
- wide
- 2.5 m
Arecaceae
Also called Licuala palm, Palas palm, Palas Palm, Ray Palm, Ruffed Fan Palm
Formerly Pritchardia grandis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Santa Cruz Is. to VanuatuKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from LLifle, one source
- Height
- 2.0 m to 3.0 mRead from LLifle, one source
- Spread
- 2.5 mRead from LLifle, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from LLifle, one source
- Flowers
- CreamRead from LLifle, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -5 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from LLifle, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Malay
- Palas, Palas Kipas, Palas payung
- French
- Palmier cuillère
- Chinese
- 圆叶刺轴榈, 圓葉刺軸櫚
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- LLifle, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Licuala grandis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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