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Lonavala, Maharashtra, India
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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The Royal Palm, or Palma Botella has a native range from the southern U.S. and Caribbean to Colombia. Planted at Las Brisas Huatulco, Mexico.
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Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Johannesteijsmannia magnifica J.Dransf. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun payung perak], Silver Joey palm. Native to Thailand and Malaysia. Essentially, no trunk up to ca 3.5 m height. Leaves solid, simple, underside silver colored. It is a trunkless palm, with enormous spear shaped, entire up to ca 3 m long, (the first metre of which is petiole) and up to ca 2 m wide. The underside is covered in fine white hairs which give it a silvery appearance. Cultivated as ornamental.Ref and suggested reading:
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/J/Johannesteijsmannia_magnifica/www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Johannesteijsmannia/magnifica.html
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The highly irritating juice of the fruit was once used as a sort of 'pepper spray' for defense. Photo from a Rungus Longhouse, northernmost Sabah, Borneo.
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Queensland, Australia
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Port-Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu
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Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Native to Thailand, but widespread in southeast Asia. Names include Hurricane Palm and Elephant Palm. Denver Botanical Gardens.
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Photo taken at Tsing Yi Park, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY (April 17, 2016)
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Wodyetia bifurcata Irvine. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Palma Wodyetia], Foxtail palm. Endemic to a very small part of Cape Melville range, Australia. Named after an aborigine who brought to attention the species fairly recently in 1978. Plant planted in most of the tropics in parks and urban landscaping. Leaflets spreading in full-circle, foxtail-like, multiple planes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wodyetiaitp.lucidcentral.org/id/palms/palm-id/Wodyetia_bifurcata.htm
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Ugly and thorny, but widely planted and appreciated for its fruit. Also known as the Ruffle Palm or as Mararay, and as Macahuitl after an Aztec weapon. Photo from an estate near Manizales, Colombia.In context at
www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/palms/index.html
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Loulu or Loulu hiwaArecaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)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.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Pritchardia_martii
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Mauritiella armata (Mart.) BurretARECACEAELocal: 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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Archers Post, Rift Valley, Kenya