Licuala ramsayi
Common names : Australian fan palm, daintree fan palm, mission beach fan palm, wedge-leaflet fan palm (English); palmera abanico de Australia, palmera de abanico australiana (Spanish); Australische Fächerpalme, Australische Schirmpalme (German). Family : Arecaceae alt. Palmae This plant is native to Australia (Queensland), where it grows in the pluvial forests along the north-eastern coasts, the banks of the rivers or in swampy areas. It often forms large colonies, from the sea level up to about 600 m of altitude. The name of the genus comes from the local name “leko wala”, given to this genus of palms in the Maluku Islands. The species is honoured to the Australian botanist Edward Pearson Ramsay (1842-1916), who picked up the holotype. The Licuala ramsayi (F.Muell.) Domin (1915) is a solitary plant, monoecious, with stems tall even 20 m, even if in cultivation they keep lower, and a diameter up to 20 cm, with a conical mass of aerial roots at the base, slightly enlarged, ...