Veitchia macdanielsii

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Figure 1. V. macdanielsii

Synonymy:

This species is now considered to be Veitchia arecina.

Common Names:

Sunshine Palm

Distribution & Habitat:

Grows in moist rainforests on the island of Vanuatu in the New Hebrides.

Description:

Tall solitary pinnate palm to 15m tall. Obviously very similar to V. arecina, the main differences being that the leaves have a relatively small number of rather broad leaflets, and they are almost always slightly inclined above the horizontal. It also has the most compact canopy of the taller Veitchias.

Culture:

As for V. arecina

Figure 2. V. macdanielsii

Contributed by:

Scott Maclean (Figure 1)
University of Florida-IFAS (Figure 2)

External Links:

Kew, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk