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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: ARECACEAE Genus: Licuala Species: grandis Species Author: H. Wendl. Vernacular: Licuala palm, Vanuatu fan palm, palas payung
Licuala grandis is a slow growing, hermaphrodite palm with solitary trunk of up to 3 m of height and 5-6 cm in thickness, with the old dry leaves persisting. Leaves slapped with petiole of 50-100 cm in length, indented in the inferior part of the margins. Generally whole lamina, although sometimes is divided in three or more segments. Inflorescence is born between the base of the leaves and they are of greater length than the leaves, hanging. Licuala grandis has spectacular infructescence. Fruits are balls reddish in color up to 1.2 cm in diameter.
(Antonio Lopez Lillo, Antonio L. and Sanchez de Lorenzo Ciceres, Jose M.2001. Trees in Spain. Manual of Identification.)
Licuala grandis is a gorgeous small palm that can be grown indoors in containers. With proper conditions - it demands shade and protection, especially from wind, which will tear up its bright shiny large pleated fronds - this palm is an excellent specimen in the tropical landscape.
(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.)
Licuala grandis is native to lowland rainforests of the Soloman Islands, and Vanuatu.
(Antonio Lopez Lillo, Antonio L. and Sanchez de Lorenzo Ciceres, Jose M.2001. Trees in Spain. Manual of Identification.)
Licuala grandis is declared a rare palm, however it is potentially invasive in French Polynesia.
(Palm and Cycad Societies of Florida. 2004. Licuala grandis.)
(Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk. 2004. Licuala grandis.)
We currently have 1 herbarium specimens for Licuala grandis in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
