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Largest Shadowpalm

Geonoma maxima

Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as: Tree, Palm
Native range: S. Trop. America
Climate: wet tropical

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Geonoma maxima is a species of palm tree native to South America.

Other Geonoma plants

Geonoma irena · Undulate Shadowpalm · Shadowpalm

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geonoma maxima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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