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Metroxylon warburgii, the natangura palm, is a tropical palm native to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, found in lowland swamps and floodplains. It needs sun, heat and plenty of water, and it is not frost tolerant.
Metroxylon warburgii, commonly called the natangura palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The specific epithet is in honor of Otto Warburg. The common name is from the Bislama name natanggura.
It is found in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It can be found in lowland, swampy areas and the floodplains of Vanuatu, New Hebrides, and Samoa. It thrives in sunny, hot environments with a lot of water, and cannot live in the cold.
It is widely used as a material for thatching houses. The seeds are also used as vegetable ivory, and in French they are called noix d'ivoire (literally: "ivory nuts").
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metroxylon warburgii 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.
