Cyphophoenix nucele
COMMON NAME | Lifou Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A medium/tall
emergant feather palm, to about 15 metres, with a prominantly ringed trunk.
It has spreading leaves (not arched), with dark green leaflets. A very rare palm, with fewer than 100
plants estimated to be left in the wild. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic only to Lifou Is. New
Caledonia |
NATIVE HABITAT | Found at 50 m elevation
on decomposed limestone in coastal rainforest |
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