Editing Veitchia simulans

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[[File:Veitchia_simulans.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''V. simulans''.]]
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===Conservation Status:===
[[www.iucnredlist.orgdetails38719" Vulnerable.

===Distribution & Habitat:===
A Fijian endemic to Taveuni Island and strongly resembling ''[[Veitchia filifera]]''.
This is an understory palm of wet rainforest areas on Taveuni.

===Description:===
Growing up to 15 meters tall and 15 cm trunk diameter that is often curved and sharply bent.
The crown may hold only 9 fronds of 2.5 meters in length. The crownshaft is usually very dark
and has a mottled brown-black appearance. Fruits are much larger than ''V. filifera''
and about 19 by 25 mm and red when ripe.

===Cultivation:===
This palm is not known in cultivation but would require tropical/warm sub-tropical conditions
and plenty of water and filtered light.
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[[File:Veitchia_simulans02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''V. simulans'' in habitat.]]
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[[File:Veitchia_simulans03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''V. simulans'' inflorescence and crownshaft.]]
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[[File:Veitchia_simulans04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''V. simulans'' infructescence.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Jim Valentine (Text & Figure 1,2,3&4)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Veitchia%20simulans Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/ff861d9b-a5a3-4e9d-bd66-cf428626c2aa PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:212042 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Veitchia+simulans JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Veitchia+simulans Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Veitchia+simulans%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Veitchia+simulans%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Veitchia+simulans Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Veitchia+simulans%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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