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Licuala ramsayi
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Licuala ramsayi

Licuala ramsayi

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthSlow

A plant of the lowland, moist tropics, where it is usually found within 20 kilometres of the coast, at elevations up to 450 metres[1]. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 32°c, but can tolerate 13 - 36°c[1]. It is not frost tolerant[2]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 2,400 - 3,600mm, but tolerates 1,600 - 4,400mm[1]. Young plants require shade, tolerating even heavy shade. They prefer increasing light levels as they grow and can eventually tolerate full sun[2]. Prefers a medium to heavy, fertile soil[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 6.5, tolerating 4.5 - 7.5[1]. A very slow-growing plant[3].

Propagation

Seed - germinates slowly and erratically[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Licuala+ramsayi>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. — http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ ↩︎Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website.
  3. [3]Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 — Nicholson N. & H. · Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. · 2007 · ISBN 9-78095894-3628 ↩︎Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph.
  4. [4]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
  5. [5]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  6. [6]Wild Food in Australia. — Cribb. A. B. and J. W. · Fontana · 1976 · ISBN 0-00-634436-4 ↩︎A very good pocket guide.
  7. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎