Licuala

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Banggai Regency, Balantak Utara District, road from south of Teku
Village, low, wet place near sea, 00°47.234’S, 123°26.072’E, 55 m elevation. 8 October 2017.
Licuala sp.
Stems clustered, forming large clump, 2 m tall, 4 cm diameter, fibrous at the apices. Petioles 1-2
m long with thorns along basal part only; blades divided into 8 segments, the middle one wider
than the others.
A. Henderson & Moh. Iqbal 4263
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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