Licuala grandis
H. Wendl.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Palm heart, Cabbage
The palm heart and cabbage are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Pacific, Vanuatu,
Countries: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa
How to Identify
A tropical palm in the Arecaceae family that produces an edible heart and cabbage-like growth.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Licuala grandis, the ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm, swamp palm or Palas palm, is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to Vanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific. It grows in the understory of primary and secondary tropical rain forests. It produces hermaphroditic inflorescences. It bears round green fruit that redden as they ripen, each containing a single seed.
Names & Synonyms
Pritchardia grandis (H. Wendl.) W. Bull
References (1)
- Lebot, V. & Sam, C., Green desert or ‘all you can eat’? How diverse and edible was the flora of Vanuatu before human introductions? Terra australis 52 p 407
