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Pritchardia thurstonii

F.Muell. & Drude (1887)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Pritchardia

long inflorescence Fiji fan palm

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Description

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Gartenflora 36: 486 (1887)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pritchardia thurstonii Honolulu - Ala Moana Park Preserved_Specimen Frit black - hanging in small tight clusters, arching out below leaves & longer than lvs., lvs 20 I, cut 1/3 way down. Tree 15 ft. x 6 (?) Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-07-23
2 Pritchardia thurstonii Honolulu; University of Hawaii campus In courtyard of Bachman Hall Preserved_Specimen Trees 15 ft. tall. Leaf blade 3 ft. wide, 3 ft. long, circular in outline. Petiole 2-3 ft. long. Inflorescence 7 of which 6 ft. is peduncle. Pendulent peduncle glabrous. Leaf blade, sheath with tomentum. Fruit 5 mm. in diam.; dark purple-black at maturity. Ishikawa, S. 127 Oahu BISH 1972-08-10
3 Pritchardia thurstonii Paia Preserved_Specimen Fruit fertile. Martin, R.T. Maui BISH 1970-07-21
4 Pritchardia thurstonii Honolulu; 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen Tree about 20 ft. high, + fruit (these change from green to yellow to red to purple-black). Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1956-01-22
5 Pritchardia thurstonii Honolulu; University of Hawaii campus In courtyard of Bachman Hall Preserved_Specimen Trees 15 ft. tall. Leaf blade 3 ft. wide, 3 ft. long, circular in outline. Petiole 2-3 ft. long. Inflorescence 7 of which 6 ft. is peduncle. Pendulent peduncle glabrous. Leaf blade, sheath with tomentum. Fruit 5 mm. in diam.; dark purple-black at maturity. Ishikawa, S. 127 Oahu BISH 1972-08-10
6 Pritchardia thurstonii unknown Preserved_Specimen Chapin, M.H. 58 BISH 1999-10-29
7 Pritchardia thurstonii Honolulu; Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 6278 Oahu BISH 1962-02-10
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