Pritchardia Limahuliensis
''Pritchardia limahuliensis'', the Limahuli Valley pritchardia, is a Arecaceae, palm native to Hawaii. It is a rare species, only discovered in 1977 by staff of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauai, Hawaii, where it is now being conserved. It is threatened by introduced rats, which eat the seeds. It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 10 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves. References National Tropical Botanical Garden: ''Pritchardia limahuliensis''
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Limahuli Garden And Preserve
The Limahuli Garden and Preserve is a and on the north shore of Kauai island, Hawaii. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden. Description Limahuli lies within a tropical valley covering three distinct ecological zones. The Makana Mountain ridge looms behind, and the Limahuli Stream includes an waterfall on its descent from the valley's high end at to sea level just below the garden. The name comes from ''lima huli'' which means "turned hand" in the Hawaiian language. The garden contains a wide range of native and Polynesian-introduced plants, including kukui (''Aleurites moluccana''), banana, breadfruit, alula (''Brighamia insignis''), Paper Mulberry (''Broussonetia papyrifera''), papala (''Charpentiera elliptica''), kī ('' Cordyline fruticosa''), turmeric (''Curcuma domestica''), hāhā ('' Cyanea hardyi''), lama (''Diospyros sandwicensis''), vegetable fern (''Diplazium esculentum''), ginger, hau kuahiwi (''Hibiscadelphus d ...
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