Editing Pritchardia Overview (section)

===Genus Description:===
Pritchardia are erect, solitary medium sized unarmed monoecious fan palms
up to 40 metres tall, (such as ''P. schattaueri'') with trunks up to
200mm thick (''P. waialealeana'' ) Leaves are costapalmate,
with blades regularly divided into bifid ended reduplicate segments.
The leaves are variously covered with lepidia or felty scales on the
underside of the leaves and extending onto the petiole.
These felty scales may appear tan, yellow or white and the distribution
of the scales varies with species and this characteristic is a
significant indicator of the species.
The inflorescences are intrafoliar in most species,
but notably extend well beyond the canopy in a number of species
(''P. thurstonii'', ''P. kaalae'' and ''P. hardyi'' ).
The fruit vary from 7mm spherical shape (''P. thurstonii'')
to 50x 40 mm ovoid shape (''P. loweryana'').