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Syagrus comosa (Mart.) Mart.ARECACEAE Local: Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, Alto Paraso, Gois, Brasil.Ref.: Lorenzi, H. et al. Flora Brasileira: Arecaceae (Palmeiras). Plantarum, 2010.
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Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Crete, Greece
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Mullumbimby Creek, New South Wales, Australia
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The Mexican Palmetto or Palmito Mexicano is indeed largely confined to Mexico, here on the southwest coast. A local name is Apachite.
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Jason Sharp;Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo, Pinellas County, Florida
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Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Loulu lelo or Hillebrand's pritchardiaArecaceae (Palm family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Restricted to the offshore islets of Huelo & Mkapu on the north coast of Molokai)RareOahu (Cultivated)Numerous seedlings below the "mother" palms. A rare sight nowadays. But, consider a time long ago before humans brought unintentionally brought rats and other destructive pests to the Hawaiian Islands and this would have been a common sight.Loulu, pronounced low-loo, means "umbrella," because the leaves were formerly used as protection from rain or sun.The fruits, called hwane or whane, were peeled and eaten by early Hawaiians. They collected young fruits. The flavor of young fruit with the soft interior is similar to coconut. The trunks loulu were notched for climbing to gather the immature fruits and fronds. Older specimens still bear notches that can be seen today.The fronds, or leaves, called lau hwane were used by the early Hawaiians for thatching and more recently as plaiting such as papale (hats) and fans.EtymologyThe generic name is named for William Thomas Pritchard (1829-1907), 19th century British Counsul in Fiji, adventurer, and author of Polynesian Reminiscences in 1866.The specific epithet hillebrandii was named for William Hillebrand (1821-1886), a young Prussian physician and plant collector. He planted many of the plants he collected at Queen's Hospital and on his own property in Nuuanu. After moving back to Germany the property was sold to his neighbors Thomas & Mary Foster. Today, it is known as the Foster Botanical Gardens. There are several Pritchardia hillebrandii growing in the gardens, once Hillebrand's property.
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A wax palm found at elevation in the mountains of Colombia and Ecuador. Botanical Gardens of Quito.
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Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
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Loulu or Klauea pritchardiaArecaceae (Palm family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii Island only)Conservation Status: Species of Concern (USFWS)Oahu (Cultivated)The fruits called hwane or whane were peeled and eaten by early Hawaiians. They collected young fruits. The flavor of young fruit with the soft interior is similar to coconut. The trunks loulu were notched for climbing to gather the immature fruits and fronds. Older specimens still bear notches that can be seen today.The fronds, or leaves, called lau hwane were used by the early Hawaiians for thatching and more recently as plaiting such as papale (hats) and fans.Flowers
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4761432521/in/photostream/Fruits (Unripe)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4761432061/in/photostream/Leaves
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4762066774/in/photostream/EtymologyThe generic name is named for William Thomas Pritchard (1829-1907), 19th century British counsul in Fiji, adventurer, and author of Polynesian Reminiscences in 1866.The specific epithet beccariana is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Becarri (1843-1920), perhaps best known for "discovering" the Titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Pritchardia_beccariana
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Butia archeri (Glassman) GlassmanARECACEAELocal: APA Gama Cabea de Veado, Park Way, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: a) Medeiros, J.D. Guia de campo: vegetao do Cerrado 500 espcies. MMA, 2011; b) Lorenzi, H. et al. Flora Brasileira: Arecaceae (Palmeiras). Plantarum, 2010.
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Fruit of the Hardy Bamboo Palm at Lotusland, Montecito, California.
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Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
Caryota mitis Lour. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Dudar, Dudur, Setukas, Beredin, Meredin, Rabok], Burmese fishtail palm, Clustered fishtail palm, Tufted fishtail palm. Native of India and Malesia ecozone. Clump-forming fishtail palm up to ca 4 m tall. Habitat - lowland secondary forests. Vertebrate poison and the sap from fruits can cause severe inflammation and itchiness. Synonym(s):
Caryota furfuracea Blume ex Mart.
Caryota griffithii Becc.
Caryota griffithii var.
selebica Becc.
Caryota javanica Zipp. ex Miq. [Illegitimate]
Caryota nana Linden
Caryota propinqua Blume ex Mart.
Caryota sobolifera Wall. ex Mart.
Caryota sobolifera Wall.
Caryota speciosa Linden
Drymophloeus zippellii Hassk.
Thuessinkia speciosa Korth.Ref. and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-34778www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9283
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Shorobe, North-West, Botswana