Licuala peltata
COMMON NAME | Swamp Fan Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A
solitary, moderately sized palm with short trunk, this palm holds 12-15 huge,
flat, undivided dark green leaves that can measure over 4 feet across. It has
prickly petioles. Usually, botanists
distinguish two varieties of this species, the Licuala peltata var. peltata,
with a divided leaf, and the Licuala peltata var. sumawongii, with entire
leaf intact. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | India, Assam, Bangladesh, Nicobar and Andaman
Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia. |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Humid
valleys and ravines. |
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