Latania lontaroides
COMMON NAME | Red Latan palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | The
red latan palm is an attractive, medium to large, fan palm restricted to a
small strip of coastline on a single island in the southern Indian Ocean. The
rounded crown is made up of numerous 6 - 9 ft palmate leaves, while the
straight, deep-grey trunk is lined with closely packed rings where the leaf
sheaths have fallen away. When young, the stiff leaflets are distinctively
tinged with red, hence this palm’s common name, but with age take on a deeper
green color. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic to Réunion. |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Cliffs
and coastal ravines of the Mascarene Island of Reunion. |
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