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Licuala grandis Wendl.
Synonym                    : Pritchardia grandis (Wendl.) W.Bull
Family                        : Arecaceae
Local Names              : Ruffled Fan palm

Flowering and fruiting period: Throughout the year
Distribution: Native of Pacific Islands
Habitat: Grown as ornamental plant
IUCN status: Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Ornamental 
Key Characters: Solitary palm, up to 4 m in height with persistent leaf bases just below the crown. Leaves palmate, dark green, ascending and spreading in all directions; petiole slender, leaf circular in appearance, but really more wide than long, not divided, stiff, plaited, margins shallowly lobed. Inflorescence is interfoliar, arching outward from the axis. Ripe fruits cherry red, globose.