Licuala ramsayi

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Figure 1. L. ramsayi

Common Names:

Australian Fan Palm

Distribution & Habitat:

River banks, and swamps of north-east Queensland rainforest.

Description:

A very beautiful palm, with a single trunk up to 15 metres, and large (to 2 metres across) almost circular leaves. Silhouettes of the leaves against the sky are a very popular image from the rainforests of north Queensland.

Culture:

This is one of the most cold tolerant of the Licualas, (apart from L. spinosa), but is still a tropical/sub-tropical plant, and definately not frost hardy. As a youngster it prefers quite heavy shade, but its an emergent plant so adults are sun-hardy. Unfortunately, it is a very slow grower, but its still a highly desirable plant for a warm shady nook.

Figure 2. L. ramsayi in habitat, Daintree Rainforest, North Queensland.

Figure 3. L. ramsayi

Figure 4. L. ramsayi in habitat, Daintree Rainforest, North Queensland.

Figure 5. L. ramsayi

Contributed by

Jeff Nugent - Permaculture Plants (Figures 2,3&4).
Ian Edwards (Figure 5)

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, JSTOR, Trebrown, SGAP, Facebook, IPS

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