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Licuala grandis
Also called Vanuata fan palm, Ruffled lantan palm, Ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm, Palas palm, Grosse Licuala Palm, Ruffed Fan Palm
In Singapore: Grosse Licuala Palm, Vanuatu Fan Palm, Ruffled Fan Palm, Palas Kipas, Palas, Palas Payung (Grown in Singapore)
Licuala grandis is a slow-growing fan palm from tropical rainforest understory in Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands, prized for its large, pleated leaves. Grow it in bright, humid, sheltered conditions with consistently moist soil and protection from strong sun and cold.
Licuala grandis is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Licuala palm, Palas palm, Ruffled Fan Palm, and Vanuatu fan palm.
It is native to the Santa Cruz Islands, and Vanuatu. It grows in the understory of primary and secondary tropical rain forests. It produces hermaphroditic inflorescences. It bears round green fruit that redden as they ripen, each containing a single seed.
Ferruginous Fan Palm · Licuala orbicularis · Licuala peltata · Fan palm · Mangrove Fan Palm
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Licuala grandis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
