''Licuala grandis'', the ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm or Palas palm, is a species of

palm tree The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

, native to

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

, an island nation in the Pacific.

Synonyms

* ''Pritchardia grandis'' hort. ex W. Bull

References

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* Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. * Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. * Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:149. * Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr.

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Endemic flora of Vanuatu Trees of Vanuatu {{Arecaceae-stub