Kerriodoxa elegans
COMMON NAME | White Elephant
Palm, King Thai Palm, White backed palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A spectacularly
attractive very elegant and beautiful palm, with its completely circular
fan-shaped leaves. These leaves are huge to 2 metres across, dark green and
silvery white underneath. It is an understorey palm and can grow to 5 metres
tall. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic to Thailand. |
NATIVE HABITAT | An understory palm of
coastal rainforests. |
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