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Loulu
The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean Pacific Islands, islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii. The generic name honors William Thomas Pritchard (1829-1907), a British consul at Fiji. Description These palms vary in height, ranging from . The leaves are fan-shaped (''costapalmate'') and the trunk columnar, naked, smooth or fibrous, longitudinally grooved, and obscurely ringed by leaf scars. The flowers and subsequent fruit are borne in a terminal cluster with simple or compound branches of an arcuate or pendulous inflorescence that (in some species) is longer than the leaves. Species There are 29 known species, of which 19 are Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, with the remainder on other Pacific Islands, island groups. * ''Pritchardia affinis'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. – Hawaii Pritchardia (Hawaii (isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pritchardia Beccariana
''Pritchardia beccariana'', the Kilauea pritchardia, or Beccari's loulu, is a species of palm tree in the genus ''Pritchardia'' that is endemic to wet forests on the eastern part of the island of Hawaii, near Hilo. Description This species reaches a height of , with a smooth, grayish trunk between in diameter. The 25–30 leaves are wide and equally long, held on petioles in length which are moderately covered along both edges at the base in medium tan fibers. The large, flat and rounded leaves are divided 1/5-1/4 into many stiff-tipped segments, with the abaxial surface incompletely covered with scattered fuzz. The inflorescences are composed of 2-4 panicles, shorter than or equalling the petioles in length. The panicles are branched to 3 orders, with scruffy indumentum in flower and glabrous in fruit. The flowers are followed by large, black oval to spherical fruits about long and wide when mature. It grows at elevations of where it receives greater than of rainfall per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |