Pritchardia Napaliensis
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''Pritchardia napaliensis'' is a species of palm tree that is
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to the island of
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in
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. It inhabits gulch slopes in coastal mesic forests on the Nā Pali coastline, especially in the vicinity of Hooluu Valley. ''P. napaliensis'' reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of .


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napaliensis Plants described in 1981 Trees of Hawaii Endemic flora of Hawaii Critically endangered plants Biota of Kauai Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{tree-stub