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Stickybud pritchardia

Pritchardia viscosa

Also called Lo'ulu

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Kaua‘i)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pritchardia viscosa, the stickybud pritchardia or loʻulu, is an extremely rare endangered species of Pritchardia palm that is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.

It inhabits open wet forests in the Kalihiwai Valley, where it grows at altitudes of 500–700 m (1,600–2,300 ft). Associated plants include ʻaiea (Ilex anomala), ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), hame, (Antidesma spp.), hāpuʻu pulu (Cibotium glacum), and kōpiko (Psychotria hexandra).

Other Pritchardia plants

Hawai'i pritchardia · Nihoa Fan Palm · Kilauea pritchardia · Mt. Eke pritchardia · Loulu · Makaleha pritchardia · Waianae Range pritchardia · Lanai pritchardia · Lo'ulu · Limahuli Valley pritchardia · Molokai pritchardia · Alakai Swamp pritchardia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pritchardia viscosa 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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