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Livistonia chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
syn . Latania chinensis Jacq.
"~hinese fan palm", "fountain palm"
Recent introduction. China, Ryukyu and Bonin Islands. Rare. Attractive single-
stemmed erect palm, up to 10 m tall, but normally less than 5 m, with a ringed gray
trunk; fronds, rounded or palmate, fan-like, about 1.5 m or more in diameter, pleated in
middle and divided radially into 70 to 90 leaflets, about 4 cm wide, each with yellow-
green midribs and split (bifid) drooping tips; petioles, up to 2 m long and 15 cm wide,
with stout tooth-like spines, up to about 1.5 cm long, on the lower part; flowers, borne
in large numbers in clusters on branchlets of long branched inflorescences; fruit, up to 2
cm long, dull bluish-green, olive-like. Ornamental pot plant and planted ornamental. 6,
7.
Phoenix sp. "date palm"
Recent introduction. Rare. Erect single-stemmed palm with feather-like pinnate
fronds. Planted ornamental on Command Ridge. 5, 6(61).
Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & Wendl. "Pacific fan palm", "Fiji fan palm"
dabam (N); te bam (K)
syn. Eupritchmdia pacijica (Seem. & Wendl.) 0. Ktze.
Recent introduction. Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Rare to occasional. Erect single-
stemmed spineless palm up to 10 m tall; fronds, 1 m long and 1.2 m wide, spreading
from the crown, wedge- or fan-shaped, pleated or folded in middle, when young, and
divided radially into numerous leaflets with forked, scarcely drooping tips; petioles, about
1.5 m long, stout; flowers, numerous brownish, borne in clusters on branched axillary
panicles; fruit, about 1.2 cm in diameter, ovoid, green to blackish, 1 seeded. Planted
ornamental at the Meneng Hotel. Small edible fruit consumed in Fiji, Tonga and
elsewhere in the Pacific but reportedly not eaten in Nauru. 3, 5, 6, 7.
Roystonea elata (Bartr.) Harper "royal palm"
dabam (N)
syns. Palma data Bartr. ; Roystonea regia (HBK.) 0. F. Cook; Oreodoxa regia
HBK.
Recent introduction. Cuba and Florida. Rare. Erect single-stemmed symmetrical
palm, up to 15 m or taller, with a smooth greenish-grey to whitish trunk; fronds, up to 3
m long: pinnate, arching-T%% crownandradiatingfrom aXg gri5icylindeF-dfleaf
sheaths which looks like an extension of the trunk; leaflets, nearly 1 m long, diverging at
various angles; inflorescence, up to 1 m long, borne below the leaves, many-branched,
with a long, slender boat-shaped spathe; flowers, usually in groups of 3, of which 2 are