Editing Livistona muelleri (section)

===Distribution: ===
''Livistona muelleri'', named for Baron
Ferdinand yon Mueller, is a beautiful species
occurring from coastal Tully to Cape York and the west side
of Cape York Peninsula. There is no recognized common name
for this species except that like most other ''Livistonas''
it was probably called 'cabbage tree' by aboriginals who used the
leaves as thatch and ate the centre growing cabbage.
In 1968, while holidaying at Bilyana between Cardwell and
Tully, I examined a small colony of this palm growing near
Bilyana Creek. The lower petioles of each fan were armed with
quite formidable curved thorns on the margins. Combined with
the bristly golden thorns of ''Calamus moti'' which grew
around the palm, I became firmly entangled and had to be
extricated by the Post-Mistress of the local Bilyana Post
Office. This was much to my relief as we had all heard
crocodiles bark in the creek at night.