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Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Photo by Olivia Chee
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Field Notes

Description:

Spiky stems

Habitat:

At labrador park

Notes:

L. spinosa can be easily confused with L. ferruiginea (Fan Palm). The trick is to look at the leaf stalk for presence or absence of prominent spines respectively.

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Licuala spinosa

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Olivia Chee
Thanks so much, Dan! It was L. spinosa, for the spiny stems. Maybe the yellow edges was chlorosis or something.

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